Kim Won-jin, a light weight judo champion, lost in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Olympics.
Wonjin Kim lost two halves to Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in the men's 60kg class quarterfinals in judo held at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan on the 24th.
Accordingly, Kim Won-jin challenges the bronze medal through the afternoon revival of the losers.
Immediately after the match, Kim Won-jin said, "The aftermath of not being able to finish the round of 16 quickly was great."
Prior to the quarterfinals, Wonjin Kim in the round of 16 match against Brazil went into overtime without a match for 4 minutes of regular time and won a match at the end of a total of 7 minutes and 41 seconds.
After winning the gold medal at the 2021 International Judo Federation Doha Masters in January, Kim Won-jin, who was sad to hear the news of his father's death belatedly, was determined to dedicate the medal to his father's memory.
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