Natsumi Tsunoda = Doha (Kyodo), who defeated France’s Sirinu Boukri (bottom) in the women’s 48-kilogram class final to win her third consecutive title.
[Doha Joint]The Judo World Championships opened in Doha on the 7th, and two classes of men and women were held, and Natsumi Tsunoda (SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic) won the women’s 48 kg class, achieving the third consecutive victory for the third Japanese woman. bottom. Following in the footsteps of Ryoko Tamura and Noriko Abu, she advanced to next year’s Paris Olympics. In the final, she defeated Sirine Boucry (France), the world number one. She won all five matches by ippon.
In the men’s 60-kilogram class, Naohisa Takafuji (Park 24), who won the gold medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics last year, finished fifth. He did not win the championship for the fifth time, which is the most for Japanese men alone. He lost to Francisco Garligos (Spain) in the semi-finals in overtime by ippon. In the 3rd place play-off, he lost to Lee Ha-rim (Korea) with 3 fouls and missed out on a medal.
Wakana Koga (Yamanashi Gakuin University), who ranked second in the women’s 48kg class two years ago, lost to Bukuri in the quarterfinals. She won the third-place play-off, which advanced from the repechage match.
2023-05-07 16:26:23
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