The combination of Judo at the Tokyo Olympics has been decided, and Hisayoshi Harasawa, who is in the class over 100 kg for men, will not play against his biggest rival, Teddy Riner of France, until the final.
The Tokyo Olympics Judo combination lottery was held from 2:00 pm on the 22nd, and all combinations of 14 classes for individual men and women and mixed groups of new events were decided.
Harasawa, who is aiming for the gold medal for the first time in three Japanese tournaments in a class over 100 kg for men, will participate in the second round with seed rights.
If he wins properly, he is expected to face Czech Lukas Kleparek, who lost in the final of the adult World Championship in the semi-finals.
France's Teddy Riner, who lost the final of the Rio de Janeiro Games last time and has won the Olympic Games for the second time in a row, entered the opposite tournament and did not play until the final.
In addition, Shohei Ono, who will win the Olympics for the second consecutive time in the men's 73 kg class, could not get the seed right because he was away from the game for one year and five months, but he will participate in the second round.
If Ohno wins properly, he is expected to face Azerbaijan's Rustam Orujov in the quarterfinals.
Ohno has won the gold medal in both the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and the 2019 World Championships, beating Orujov in the finals.
Hifumi Abe, a 66-kilometer boy, is expected to face Italy's Manuel Lombardo, who has lost in past international competitions, in the semi-finals, which is likely to be a peak for winning the gold medal.
Hifumi Abe, a younger sister in the 52-kilometer class who aims to win a gold medal with her siblings, will not play against the top players in the world ranking until the final.
Judo will start on the 24th with women's 48 kg class and men's 60 kg class.