Judo, Horikawa win 3 finals
2023/08/06 01:18
Men’s 73 kg class semi-final Soichi Hashimoto (right) = Budapest (Kyodo)
Women’s 63 kg class semi-final Attacking Mirai Takaichi (above) = Budapest (Kyodo)
Men’s 73 kg class 1st round attack Ken Daikichi (left) = Budapest (Kyodo)
[Budapest Joint]On the second day of the Judo Masters Tournament, a total of 4 classes for men and women were held in Budapest on the 5th, and Soichi Hashimoto (Park 24) in the men’s 73 kg class won the championship. In the women’s 63-kilogram class, Mirai Takaichi (Komatsu), a representative of the Tokyo Olympics, lost to Kosovo by one in the final. In the semi-finals, she defeated the same Olympic gold medalist Clarisse Agbegnenu (France) by ippon.
Last year’s world champion Megumi Horikawa (Park 24) in the women’s 63-kg class and Saki Niizoe (Japan Self-Defense Forces), who will be selected to represent next summer’s Paris Olympics in the 70-kg class, lost in the semifinals and went on to play off for third place. victory. Nami Nabekura (SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic) in the 63kg class was seventh. Shiho Tanaka (JR East Japan) in the 70kg class was eliminated in the second round of the first match.
Tokyo Olympic champions Takanori Nagase (Asahi Kasei) and Kenya Ohara (Park 24) lost in the quarterfinals in the men’s 81-kilogram class, advancing from the consolation match to the third-place play-off. Ken Daikichi (SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic) in the 73kg class was eliminated in the first round.
This tournament is an important part of the selection process for the Japanese national team for the Paris Olympics. As a general rule, the top 36 players in the world rankings have the right to participate.
2023-08-05 16:32:30
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