Judo IJF World Championships 2023

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3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I wonder if that actually works for them, since judo still sounds like a relatively niche sport...at least not like a massively bigger sport than say 5-10 years ago. Are that many people really going to pay €100 a year to watch judo?

IJF did much better than other similar federations (Taekwondo, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Fencing etc) to promote the sport. they are much better in organizing

 

but still I think it's wishful thinking. these sports have to accept their popularity as it is and don't take big steps like this. but who I am to advise the great Marius Vizer. 

Edited May 8, 2023 by MHSN

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4 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I wonder if that actually works for them, since judo still sounds like a relatively niche sport...at least not like a massively bigger sport than say 5-10 years ago. Are that many people really going to pay €100 a year to watch judo?

no, I'm not going to pay anything...

 

however, "regular" tournament prelims are still free on the IJF's website, finals are always on tv or on the Discovery+ app...

 

therefore they won't get a cent from me.

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3 hours ago, MHSN said:

IJF did much better than other similar federations (Taekwondo, Wrestling, Weightlifting, Fencing etc) to promote the sport. they are much better in organizing

 

but still I think it's wishful thinking. these sports have to accept their popularity as it is and don't take big steps like this. but who I am to advise the great Marius Vizer. 

Weightlifting went behind their own paywall? That could be why it disappeared from Eurosport's channels..

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1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Weightlifting went behind their own paywall? That could be why it disappeared from Eurosport's channels..

last time it was on the Olympic Channel (free)

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by the way, in the early rounds of the women's -52kg, we've seen a rare double disqualification.

 

 Kelly Deguchi and  Ben Liu were both DQed after more than 8 mins of Golden Score   which left  Diyora Keldiyorova without opponent in the round of 16, gifting her of a direct quali through the top 8.

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Day #2, Medal Matches

 

women's -52kg

 

Gold Medal match:  Uta Abe vs  Diyora Keldiyorova

Bronze Medal match #1:  Reka Pupp vs  Amandine Buchard

Bronze Medal match #2:  Distria Krasniqi vs  Odette Giuffrida

 

men's -66kg

 

Gold Medal match:  Hifumi Abe vs  Joshiro Maruyama

Bronze Medal match #1:  Vazha Margvelashvili vs  Baskhuu Yondonperenlei

Bronze Medal match #2:  Walide Khyar vs  An Baul

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what a wasted chance for Giuffrida!

 

she lost by triple shido against Pupp in the quarterfinals...she could have easily gone through to the final and win her 1st world medal after many European's and a double Olympic bronze.

 

but she just couldn't manage the distructive "do nothing and let the opponent kill by herself with multiple shido" tactic by the Hungarian, a true specialist in this non-judo game  

 

and the right punishment for such a wasted opportunity, it's a BMM vs the worst opponent she could find with her style of play, the Olympic Champion in the -48kg class from Kosovo, Distria Krasniqi, which means that she will come home with nothing more than a miserable (given the chance) 5th place. 

 

in the men's section, no major upset Today...

 

so, we have the most anticipated match of the entire World Championship, a new chapter of the Abe vs Maruyama neverending story.

 

definitely, a not-to-be-missed matchup.

 

and take a good seat...it coud go long, very long (or maybe not, who knows? I just can't wait for it ).

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Giuffrida wins bronze after 8 minutes of golden score

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Day 2 of the WC saw no changes to the qualifying rankings in either the 66Kg or 52Kg divisions.

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3 hours ago, owenp_23 said:

Giuffrida wins bronze after 8 minutes of golden score

she's been great, but also very lucky in her bout vs  Krasniqi.

 

still, I think she's just missed a chance for a silver that most likely she won't have anymore...

 

on the other side, mr. Nutsubidze just killed the men's final with a stupid (if not even biased) decision to give Maruyama a 3rd shido in the golden score when both players were starting to increase the pace and actually trying to do something after they did nothing in regulation.

 

as a neutral fan, I'm really, really disappointed.

 

as someone who knows quite a bit about judo, I'm disgusted.