Judo IJF World Championships 2019

[bestmen 2,552]

with 5 judoka has pretty average draw , they could win 2 matches each one , except the girl of -63 she has no chance

[LDOG 2,197]

As always in  we only care about the first day of Judo competitions.

 

I doubt Paula can defend her medal from last year, she isn't in good health. I see a dangerous korean in her 1/16 way, I think that will be the end of the road, sadly. 

[Olympian1010 7,465]

Visually these new tatami are easier on the eyes (more ascetic), but I am really going to miss the old yellow and red one.

 

[MHSN 3,147]

Rashnonejad only lasted 3 minutes in Tokyo.

 

he won silver in Asian Champs (which is a big achievement considering the level of Judo in Asia) in his first year with Iran national team but then left Iran with some funny claims like "they were mean to me in Judo federation" apparently nowadays that's good enough for being a refugee despite living (or whatever else) in the Netherlands he still has to participate under "IJF" name, not a loss for the NED. I highly doubt he ever achieves anything for any NOC.

[phelps 6,741]

today's early action recap...

 

 

women's -48kg semifinals

Funa Tonaki vs Distria Krasniqi
Daria Bilodid vs Urantsetseg Munkhbat

repechage round

Melanie Clement vs Paula Pareto (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Bilodid vs Munkhbat fight)
Laura Martinez Abelenda vs Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh  (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Tonaki vs Krasniqi fight)

 

 

men's -60kg semifinals

Ryuju Nagayama vs Lukhumi Chkhvimiani
Sharafuddin Lutfillaev vs Gusman Kyrgyzbayev

repechage round

Yang Yung Wei vs Yeldos Smetov (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Lutfillaev vs Kyrgyzbayev fight)
Naohisa Takato vs Kubanychbek Aibek Uulu  (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Nagayama vs Chkhvimiani fight)

[Quasit 849]

Good performance by Chkhvimiani.

Hopefully Japan will start their gold medal count tomorrow.

[heywoodu 13,536]

Since when does Afghanistan have to fight with IJF on their clothes instead of AFG?

[phelps 6,741]

Yesterday's final action recap...

 

women's -48kg
Gold: Daria Bilodid

Silver: Funa Tonaki

Bronze: Distria Krasniqi & Urantsetseg Munkhbat

 

men's -60kg

Gold: Lukhumi Chkhvimiani
Silver: Sharafuddin Lutfillaev

Bronze: Ryuju Nagayama & Yeldos Smetov

 

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today's early action recap...

 

 

women's -52kg semifinals

Amandine Bouchard vs Natalia Kuziutina
Uta Abe vs Majlinda Kelmendi

repechage round

Joana Ramos vs Charline Van Snick (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Abe vs Kelmendi fight)
Chelsie Giles vs Ai Shishime  (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Bouchard vs Kuziutina fight)

 

 

men's -66kg semifinals

Kim Lim Hwan vs Denis Vieru
Joshiro Maruyama vs Hifumi Abe

repechage round

Bogdan Iadov vs Manuel Lombardo (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Maruyama vs Abe fight)
Mohamed Abdelmawgoud vs Baskhuu Yondonperenlei  (winner going for Bronze vs loser of Kim vs Vieru fight)

[phelps 6,741]

well, yesterday we saw some surprising fights among the guys, meanwhile the expected match for Gold was actually the women's outcome...

 

and the Ukranian sensation, Daria Bilodid, did it again...18 years young and already twice senior world champion...wow!

 

in the men's division, painful day for Japan, who had their 2 guys fighting each other only for a not so consolating Bronze medal...however, it turned out to be a wonderful, spectacular fight, with Nagayama turning things around at the last second against the 2018 world champion, Takato...

the unexpected Gold medal went instead to Georgia...and not even with their supposed no.1 guy...

but Chkhvimiani had the day of his life, escaping many times through the tournament from very difficult situations and closing all of his bouts with authority...well deserved world title for him...