The All Japan Championship, which decides the best judo in Japan without weight discrimination, was held, and Ryunosuke Haga, a bronze medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, won the championship for the first time.

The All-Japan Championship, which decides the best judo boys in Japan by weight indiscriminately, is held every April, but this was postponed due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and it was held without spectators at the Kodokan in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo. I did.



Shoichiro Mukai, a 90-kilometer class player, was the only player to participate in the tournament as a representative of the Tokyo Olympics.



In the second round of the first round, after taking advantage of throwing on his back, he made a showcase by holding down one, but in the third round he lost one to Hyōga Ota, who is over 100 kg in class.



In the final, Ota and Rio de Janeiro Olympic bronze medalist Ryunosuke Haga played against each other in the same affiliation, and Haga, who continued to attack, decided to win in the second minute.



Haga is the first player in Japan to participate for the third time.



Haga said, "Today I have been fighting with my juniors and teammates, and I felt like I should never lose. All Japan has longed for me since I was little, and I was able to fight through 6 games."

Mukai "Heavyweight players were strong"

Shoichiro Mukai, who challenged from the 90 kg class and lost in the third round, said, "It is thanks to various people that I was able to play in such a situation. It was good to be able to play. It is heavier than the players of the same class. The players were strong. The technique didn't work and it was hard. "



He added, "Olympic games are my number one goal next year, but I hope that we can hold them, and for that reason I hope I can do what I can only do now."

3 people missed due to the influence of the new corona

At the All Japan Championship on the 26th, the All Japan Judo Federation announced the absence of three Rio de Janeiro Olympic bronze medalists Masashi Ebinuma, Kenta Nagasawa, and Yusei Ogawa, who belong to the same company. ..



All Japan Judo Federation announced the reason for the absence, saying, "We decided not to participate as a team because there were positive people with the new coronavirus," but did not disclose the names of the positive people.



All athletes participating in this tournament were required to undergo a PCR test for the new coronavirus the day before the tournament.