phelps 7,618 Posted May 10, 2023 #61 Share Posted May 10, 2023 also Today, a lot of surprising results among the girls (except for the great Clarisse, of course). more predictable (even if not at 100%) the men's scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinzha 702 Posted May 10, 2023 #62 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, phelps said: also Today, a lot of surprising results among the girls (except for the great Clarisse, of course). more predictable (even if not at 100%) the men's scores. I'm glad Van Lieshout reached the medal matches! If she keeps improving like she has the past year, I can see her being a serious medal contender in Paris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,325 Posted May 10, 2023 #63 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Nice, we won't leave without a medal this time, first (of hopefully many) WCh medals for Özbas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,618 Posted May 10, 2023 #64 Share Posted May 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, Jinzha said: I'm glad Van Lieshout reached the medal matches! If she keeps improving like she has the past year, I can see her being a serious medal contender in Paris. and she won the bronze medal! 13 minutes ago, Vektor said: Nice, we won't leave without a medal this time, first (of hopefully many) WCh medals for Özbas. I think also Toth has a good chance tomorrow...his draw isn't that complicated until the quarterfinals (where he's supposed to face Bekauri). meanwhile continue their great tradition in the W -63kg...after Zolnir, Trstenjak now they won a great Silver medal thanks to Leski. however, Agbegnenou is really on another level, a class of her own Benolympique 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Bun 533 Posted May 10, 2023 #65 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Appalling from , our banker medalist completely tanking it in the first round. There have been a few bright sparks with Smythe-Davis, Moorhead and Howell all getting decent points but on the whole it's been pretty abysmal. I doubt it'll get much better before the end either. The only outside chances we have at a medal are in -78KG women's with Reid and Powell. Things need to change fast otherwise we're gonna get nudged out of many of the weight categories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 7,618 Posted May 10, 2023 #66 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Day #4 women's -63kg Gold: Clarisse Agbegnenou Silver: Andreja Leski Bronze: Szofi Ozbas & Joanne Van Lieshout men's -81kg Gold: Tato Grigalashvili Silver: Matthias Casse Bronze: Takanori Nagase & Lee Jun Hwan Benolympique, maestro and Josh 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 5,573 Posted May 10, 2023 #67 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Canada with more 4th (fifth) place finishes than medals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owenp_23 564 Posted May 10, 2023 #68 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Clarisse watching her fights on the big screen during post-match interview: "I look at myself and say, 'wow!'" Olympian1010, Josh and Styrka 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rybak 3,165 Posted May 10, 2023 #69 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Polish judokas didnt win any fight till now, im dissapointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Maciel 1,592 Posted May 10, 2023 #70 Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Cinnamon Bun said: Appalling from , our banker medalist completely tanking it in the first round. There have been a few bright sparks with Smythe-Davis, Moorhead and Howell all getting decent points but on the whole it's been pretty abysmal. I doubt it'll get much better before the end either. The only outside chances we have at a medal are in -78KG women's with Reid and Powell. Things need to change fast otherwise we're gonna get nudged out of many of the weight categories. Agreed - Renshall was pretty dismal but to be fair to her, in 8 tournaments within the qualification period she has been pretty consistent. She could have taken same decision as Chelsie Giles and just focused on the Masters event later in the year because she is sitting pretty safe in the qualification rankings. In terms of the other Brits, for the most part they are pretty comfortable in their ranking positions - indeed with Moorhead getting through to the round of 16, he has done enough to move into the last automatic qualifying position. If Jamal Petgrave can get through to the round of 16, he would also have a good chance of moving into an auto qualifying spot. That would in theory open up the potential of a continental quota. On the women's side, Chelsie Giles is safe at 52Kg (currently 4th) and Ranshall is safe at 63Kg (3rd in ranking). Despite Lele Nairne losing her opening bout this week, she is still comfortably within the automatic quotas at 13th - as you point out this weight also benefits from the return to form of Smythe-Davis who is not too far off the top 17 herself. We've not had their weight class yet, but think we're also well placed in the 78Kg with Powell sitting in 10th and Reid the equivalent of 15th. The only weight class where we could see GBR dropping out of the automatic spots is the 70Kg where Petersen-Pollard is ranked 17th but in theory she would possibly benefit from the continental quota freed up by Moorhead. Overall as we come to the end of the 1st qualifying period I still think we're likely heading for 5 women and possibly 2 men to qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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