Judo at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

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Just now, heywoodu said:

Same here, I'll switch to sports I also don't understand but athletes with the same nationality as me win, so those are good sports  

From what I remember, in judo, the scoring system changes every Olympics, etc. It's hard to get your bearings and keep up with the changes. In addition, if our guys only losing, watching these embarrassing spectacles is a kind of hara-kiri.

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Willems upsets #2 seed Teltsidou who basically made a rookie error

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2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

 

The controversy in judo is nothing compared to boxing. The only problem was what happened in 57 kg where Deguchi won gold by doing nothing in the last two bouts

It’s like her opponents were doing anything either. There was no controversy, just bad judo from Deguchi?

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Just now, Josh said:

It’s like her opponents were doing anything either. There was no controversy, just bad judo from Deguchi?

And didn’t Deguchi get a waza-ari in her bout against Cysique in the semifinals?

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 Aram Grigorian upsets 2022 world champion!

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Just now, Josh said:

It’s like her opponents were doing anything either. There was no controversy, just bad judo from Deguchi?

You can call it how you want it. Given some of the negative comments about judo it's mainly because of the women's 57 kg which was far & away the worst weight class in terms of action so far. Except that Cysique throw vs Funakubo nothing happened. Even with bad judo someone had to win gold and it happened to be Deguchi. Overall this was the worst advert for judo and a reason why some "new" fans of the sport don't understand it and don't want to watch it again.

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2 minutes ago, Josh said:

And didn’t Deguchi get a waza-ari in her bout against Cysique in the semifinals?

 

She didn't. Cysique had three shidos, the last one for fingers in the jacket on the ground.

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Yeats-Brown basically makes the same mistake as Teltsidou and Polleres says thanks, I'll take the pin.

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Both silver and bronze medalists from Tokyo out (Trippel, Bobonov).

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Matić into SF after Tsunoda gets three shidos.