Judo IJF World Championships 2022

[LDOG 2,489]

11 minutes ago, phelps said:

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).

 

There are always two strong japanese in 48kg and I don't doubt your opinion about the italian but compare that to the depth of the previous olympic cycle.... 

 

I mean, Menz taking a silver? The chilean making it to a medal match? 

[NMQ 243]

Time for Paula to make a comeback 

[phelps 8,766]

Day #2

 

Today's medal matches are:

 

Women's -52kg

 

Bronze Medal match #1:  Gefen Primo vs  Distria Krasniqi

Bronze Medal match #2:  Khorloodoi Bishrelt vs  Amandine Bouchard

Gold Medal match:  Uta Abe vs  Chelsie Giles

 

Men's -66kg

 

Bronze Medal match #1:  Elios Manzi vs  An Baul

Bronze Medal match #2:  Vazha Margvelashvili vs  Denis Vieru

Gold Medal match:  Hifumi Abe vs  Joshiro Maruyama

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Day #2

 

Women's -52kg

 

Gold:  Uta Abe

Silver:  Chelsie Giles

Bronze:  Distria Krasniqi &  Amandine Buchard

 

Men's -66kg

 

Gold:  Hifumi Abe

Silver:  Joshiro Maruyama

Bronze:  An Baul &  Denis Vieru

[phelps 8,766]

no real surprise today among the medallists...

 

and also the expected super-fight between Hifumi Abe and Maruyama was somehow disappointing, with Abe always in control and his rival never showing any true chance of upsetting the Olympic Champion.

if it wasn't for the beautiful counter that decided the fight, I'd call the match "modest" (especially compared to the previous matches between those 2).

[phelps 8,766]

22 hours ago, LDOG said:

There are always two strong japanese in 48kg and I don't doubt your opinion about the italian but compare that to the depth of the previous olympic cycle.... 

 

I mean, Menz taking a silver? The chilean making it to a medal match? 

Menz (and Vargas Ley) this time were just lucky to take advantage of an unbalanced draw and of Tonaki's bad day (and not only hers).

 

But this doesn't mean that this specific weight class is so different from the recent past.

 

I mean, outside Japan, there have always been 3/4 competitors above the average (in the last few years they were Pareto, Krasniqi, Galbadrakh and Bilodid...now they are Boukli, Scutto, the new Kazakh representative and partially Nikolic, Costa and Figueroa) plus a bunch of 2nd tier girls that on a given day could win a not so predictable medal...and now it's more or less the same, most likely we even have more depth at the just-below-the-top level than before, we only lack a bright talent like Bilodid as the main opponent of the Japanese domination.

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Day #3

 

Today's medal matches are:

 

Women's -57kg

 

Bronze Medal match #1:  Jessica Klimkait vs  Timna Nelson-Levy

Bronze Medal match #2:  Enkhriilen Lkhagvatogoo vs  Mimi Huh

Gold Medal match:  Haruka Funakubo vs  Rafaela Silva

 

Men's -73kg

 

Bronze Medal match #1:  Manuel Lombardo vs  Daniel Cargnin

Bronze Medal match #2:  Hidayat Heydarov vs  Tohar Butbul

Gold Medal match:  Sichi Hashimoto vs  Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir

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Very inconstient Shido Call since Day 1 ... 

 

[phelps 8,766]

2 hours ago, seb851 said:

Very inconstient Shido Call since Day 1 ... 

 

I'd say biased if not truly "political" calls (and not only of "shido")...

 

in particular, Mrs. Babiuc isn't absolutely making a single call fair to the athletes from certain Nations (what she did to Giuffrida against Krasniqi yesterday was just not acceptable at any level...she shouldn't be an international ref anymore*).

 

*ps let's make it clear...Krasniqi is stronger and most likely she would win in any case, but at least we deserved to watch a good match between 2 Olympic medallists...and that lady made it impossible.

Edited October 8, 2022 by phelps

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Day #3

 

Women's -57kg

 

Gold:  Rafaela Silva

Silver:  Haruka Funakubo

Bronze:  Jessica Klimkait &  Enkhriilen Lkhagvatogoo

 

Men's -73kg

 

Gold:  Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir

Silver:  Soichi Hashimoto

Bronze:  Daniel Cargnin &  Hidayat Heydarov