Wrestling Tokyo Olympics Asian qualifiers were held in Kazakhstan, and Sosuke Takatani, a men's freestyle 86 kg class player, lost in the semifinals and was unable to be nominated as the Olympic representative for the third consecutive tournament.
On the 11th of the final day of the Tokyo Olympics Asian qualifying for wrestling, a men's freestyle match will be held in Kazakhstan, and if they are in second place, they will be nominated as a representative.
Of these, 32-year-old Takatani, who is aiming to participate in the Olympic Games for the third consecutive tournament, participated in the 86-kilometer class and advanced to the semi-finals.
In the semi-finals, he played against Chinese players, and Takatani continued to decide on his favorite tackle, leading him to 6 to 1 at one point.
However, the opponent also counterattacked by throwing Takatani who came into the tackle backwards, and with less than 30 seconds remaining, he was caught up with a 7-7 tie.
If the match ends as it is, Takatani will desperately fight back because he will lose due to the difference in the contents of the points, and he tackled until just before the end of the match, but he could not take the points and lost 7 to 8 and was appointed as the Olympic representative. I couldn't.
As a result of the Asian qualifying held for three days until the 11th, one Japanese player and one female were nominated as the Olympic representatives.
As a result, eight of the 18 male and female classes have not been unofficially decided.
Players of these eight ranks will give their last chance to the World Qualifiers in Bulgaria next month.
Rio Olympics silver medalist Higuchi overweight disqualification
Rio de Janeiro Olympic silver medalist Rei Higuchi has been disqualified for exceeding her weight limit.
25-year-old Rio de Janeiro Olympic silver medalist was scheduled to qualify for the Asian qualifiers on the 11th in the men's freestyle 57 kg class.
However, Higuchi was disqualified because he was overweight before the match.
Higuchi has been suffering from weight loss for a long time, and at one point he was raised to the 65 kg class, but since he lost to Takuto Otoguro in the 65 kg class representative battle, he returned to the 57 kg class and aimed for the representative. It was.
Shigeki Nishiguchi, general manager of the Japan Wrestling Federation, said, "I didn't lose another 50 grams. There was also a lack of support here. I'm really sorry."