Uta Abe, who participated in the women's 52-kilometer class for the first time in a year at the international judo tournament that started on the 5th in Uzbekistan, won the championship and took a solid step toward the Tokyo Olympics, which has been nominated as a representative. It was.
The international judo tournament that opened in Uzbekistan on the 5th is the target of ranking points that lead to the seed right of the Tokyo Olympics, and 11 people from Japan, including 5 athletes who have been nominated as representatives of the Tokyo Olympics, will participate. To do.
Abe, who has been appointed as the representative of the Tokyo Olympics in the women's 52 kg class held on the first day of the tournament, has participated in the tournament for the first time in about a year since February last year due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, etc. In the second round, I was wary of my favorite carrying technique and could not take points by the technique, but I won by losing the opponent's foul.
In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, I took one of the foot and ground fights that I hadn't seen before and advanced to the finals.
In the final, the opponent Mongolian player abstained, so he won the championship by a bye.
Over the past year, Abe has shown the results of his efforts to broaden the range of judo, such as low-profile techniques and ground fighting, and has taken a solid step toward the Tokyo Olympics, which aims for a gold medal.