Judo Grand Slam Osaka Women's over 78 km class Root won the championship November 24 21:19
On the last day of the tournament, Grand Slam Osaka, the judo international championship, won the world championship in the class that exceeds 78 km for women.
Osaka An international judo tournament in Minato Ward, Grand Slam Osaka is one of the tournaments involved in the selection of representatives of the Tokyo Olympics. If a player who won a gold medal in the summer world championship wins, the Reinforcement Committee If you get the approval of, you will be selected as the Olympic representative.
On the third day of the tournament and the 24th of the final day, five classes were held for both men and women.
Among them, in the class exceeding 78 km for girls, the first-year college student who won the gold medal at the previous world championship went on to the final by throwing players one behind the other.
In the final, I played against gold medalist of London Olympics and Cuban Idalys Ortiz. The game was extended, and after 1 minute 50 seconds, Sone was defeated with Ouchi mowing and won.
Ms. Sone has made great progress in the representative appointment for the Tokyo Olympics. Sarah Asahina who participated in the same class was third.
This is the result of other classes.
In the women's 78-kilometer class, Mami Umeki won the world championship by defeating Naoto Hamada, the world championship silver medal.
In the men's 100km class, the bronze medalist of Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Ryunosuke Haga, won the first international competition since the Olympics. On the other hand, Wolf Aaron, who was the representative of the World Championship for the third consecutive year, was defeated in the semi-final and finished third, and Kentaro Iida was also third.
In the men's 90-kilometer class, world championship silver medal Shoichiro Mukai was defeated in the quarterfinals and finished third. Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist Baker Tokiaki was defeated in the third round, making it very difficult for two consecutive Olympics.
In the class over 100 km for men, Ota Masamasa was defeated by a Russian player in the final and finished second, and World Championship organization member Kageura Shin was third.
Kuki Harazawa, who won the silver medal at the World Championship, has missed the tournament due to injury.
Women's 78kg class Umeki “I was relieved that winning was an absolute requirement”
Mami Umeki, who won the 78-kilometer class for women, said, “I was relieved that winning was an absolute requirement in order to join the Tokyo Olympics. Since there was only one representative, I was glad that I could win a direct confrontation with Hirota. "I looked back.
Umeki, who lost in the first round at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has shown that he wants to fight the national team selection game one by one, so that he can challenge the dream of a gold medal. It was.
Nao Hamada, who was in second place, said, “I wanted to win and connect to the Tokyo Olympics, but I was regretful that I lost the final. “I want to fix this because I ’m losing the same way. I want to win each and every game that I ’m going to enter and go to the Olympics.”
Men's 100kg class Haga "It's a big harvest"
Ryunosuke Haga, who won the men ’s 100 kilometer class, said, “I ’m glad that the victory of the two tournaments of the Kodokan Cup this month was a big harvest,” he said.
As for the Tokyo Olympics, “I know my current position because I ’m out once. I have n’t fallen down from the palm of my selection, so I ’d like to prepare and fight without regret.” I was talking.
Wolf Aron, who was third in the men ’s 100 kilos class, said, “It was n’t bad, but I could n’t distinguish between the scenes I followed and the ones I wanted to protect. It was important to endure without greed. “I want to crush the problems I found because I have my own skills and go further.”
Regarding the Tokyo Olympics next year's competition, he said, “I want to be a representative after I have honed my competitors.
Kentaro Iida, who was in third place, recalled, “I was looking forward to how much I could pass, but I felt lacked because I was defeated.”
“The 100km class is a high level both at home and abroad, and the Olympics are still far away, but when the representative decides, I want to fight without regret.”
Men's 90-kilometer Baker "Now it's head white again"
“Since the Olympics were tough, the goal was to defeat the Japanese player and win, but I ’m sorry. Is white, but I want to do my best from the beginning again. "
Shoichiro Mukai, who was in third place, said, “It was thrown so neatly after a long time. It was difficult to regain the feelings of the world championship and it was difficult to adjust. , "I think that winning each game in the future will lead to the Olympics. I reviewed everything from my personal life and will do my best for the next game." .