Judo IJF World Championships 2022

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Judo IJF World Championships 2022

 

Tashkent (UZB) - 6 October 2022 - 13 October 2022

 

 

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Edited September 28, 2022 by Sindo

[Rafa Maciel 1,261]

Really disappointing that Team GB are sending a relatively small team to these championships - particularly the fact they are only sending 2 male judokas and unfortunately, they've been handed some pretty poor draws. 

 

Men's 60Kg - Samuel Hall should be able to come through his first round but would then be up against world number 1 Yang Yung Wei

 

Men's 81Kg - Lachlan Moorhead hasn't had great consistency this year so I think he will struggle against the world number 17 Eljan Hajiyev. If he does make it through, he would be up against world number 2 Matthias Casse of Belgium.

 

Women's 52Kg - Although seeded, Chelsie Giles will have tough opening bout against Liu Liping of China.

 

Women's 57Kg - Acelya Toprak hasn't made the most of the opportunities she's had in the cycle to the point that she's not the highest placed Team GB athlete in the qualification ranking and now has Nekoda Smythe Davis back and performing well. Toprak has been drawn against Germany's Pauline Starke who is ranked 14th in the world. Come through that and she would be against world number 4 Sarah Leonie Cysique of France. 

 

Women's 63Kg - First appearance of world number 1 Lucy Renshall in this qualification cycle. She had shoulder surgery over the summer so it will be interesting to see how she has rehabilitated. Her first match up is against either Cristina Cabana Perez of Spain or Amina Belkadi of Algeria. 

 

Women's 70Kg - Kelly Pollard Petersen is seeded 8 and has a first-round bye. She will take on either world number 17 Gulnoza Matniyazova of Uzbekistan or USA's Chantal Wright. Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown could face world number 2 Sanne Van Djike if she can safely navigate the first round.

 

Women's 78Kg - Would like to see both Natalie Powell and Emma Reid make good progress in the draw. Powell has Morocco's Hafsa Yatim in the round of 32 whilst Reid is up against Ma Zhenzhao of China. 

 

[phelps 6,890]

Day #1

 

quite a few upsets this morning in the early rounds...

 

Today's medal matches are:

 

Women's -48kg

 

Bronze Medal match #1:  Assunta Scutto vs  Julia Figueroa

Bronze Medal match #2:  Mary Dee Vargas Ley vs  Abiba Abuzhakynova

Gold Medal match:  Natsumi Tsunoda vs  Katharina Menz

 

Men's -60kg

 

Bronze Medal match #1:  Yeldos Smetov vs  Dilshodbek Baratov

Bronze Medal match #2:  Yam Wolczak vs  Yang Yung Wei

Gold Medal match:  Naohisa Takato vs  Ariunbold Enkhtaivan

Edited October 6, 2022 by phelps

[phelps 6,890]

ps my prediction contest is already a disaster after the morning session of day #1...  

[Gianlu33 3,577]

Bronze medal for Scotto, what nice surprise

[Monzanator 3,599]

I thing I picked the wrong for 48 kg gold. I thought Tonaki will take over as #1 for good. Sure enough, some upsets in that category.

 

 

[phelps 6,890]

Day #1

 

Women's -48kg

 

Gold:  Natsumi Tsunoda

Silver:  Katharina Menz

Bronze:  Assunta Scutto &  Abiba Abuzhakynova

 

Men's -60kg

 

Gold:  Naohisa Takato

Silver:  Ariunbold Enkhtaivan

Bronze:  Yeldos Smetov &  Yang Yung Wei

[phelps 6,890]

Japan dominating the field...what's new?  

 

and if the men's "minor" medals have somehow gone to those who were predictable before the championship (maybe in another order, but that's it), among the women we have at least 2 big surprises and a youngster who's already anticipating her bright future on the podium, meanwhile a couple of the most expected "names" are missing.

 

let's see what happens tomorrow, when Japan are still the big favourites in both the women's -52kg and the men's -66kg classes.

[LDOG 2,199]

Damn the 48kg looks incredibly cheap these days. 

[phelps 6,890]

24 minutes ago, LDOG said:

Damn the 48kg looks incredibly cheap these days. 

I don't think so...

 

Tsunoda is a great player, Scutto is the future...and a couple of big names (Tonaki included) had a bad day, which made the bottom half of the draw look "easy" for people who normally don't make the podium in the global events.

 

But the overall level wasn't cheap at all. 

 

p.s. the fact that some medals weren't easily predictable is only a plus for the sport, it shows that also the stars of the game can lose against mid-ranking players if they are not at 100% (or don't take them too seriously).