Miyu Yamada was defeated by a Serbian player in the 3rd place playoff of the Taekwondo Women's 49kg class at the Tokyo Olympics and did not win the bronze medal.

Miyu Yamada, a 49-kilometer class Taekwondo girl at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, was the first Japanese Taekwondo player to advance to the semi-finals.



In the semi-finals, Yamada lost to the No. 1 Thai player in the world ranking and went to the 3rd place playoff against the player who won the repechage.



In the bronze medal match, he gradually expanded his lead against the Serbian player who won the silver medal at the Rio de Janeiro tournament, and finally lost 6 to 20.



The gold medal was Thai Panipak Wonpatanakit, the silver medal was Spain's Adriana Cerezo Iglesias, and the bronze medal was Serbian Tyana Bokdanovich and Israeli Abishag Semberg.

Japan's leading lightweight class, unfortunately not winning medals

Miyu Yamada (27), a female 49-kilometer class player, defeated each other in the first Olympics and advanced to the bronze medal match, but unfortunately did not win a medal.



Yamada has won the All Japan Championship eight times and is a leading figure in Japan's lightweight class, but he had no connection to the Olympics.



At the last Rio de Janeiro Games, I couldn't help but suffer a serious injury that ruptured the ligament of my right knee at the representative selection. In the subsequent rehabilitation, I spent a year on a stick.



At one point, I thought about retiring, but I changed my mind and practiced, saying, "I will be aware that I will be on the podium and only think about winning."



Yamada's world ranking is 42nd. The opponent of the first round of the first appearance in the Olympics was a Taiwanese player who ranked 26th in the world ranking, but due to tension, Yamada's facial expression clearly showed hardness.



I couldn't make the rhythm of the attack and allowed the lead until the end, but with 40 seconds remaining, I decided to kick to the torso and succeeded in reversing, and broke through the first match.



In the following quarter-finals, he made a series of good front kicks against the 4th-ranked Korean player in the world. When it was over, I won the game with a big difference of 16 to 7.



In the semi-finals, the world's No. 1 Thai player showed a difference in power, but he showed his will by deciding to kick to the head, which is a high score.



The opponent in the bronze medal match was Serbia's second-placed silver medalist at the Rio de Janeiro Games.



Yamada aggressively set up from the beginning and decided to kick to the torso, scoring points first.



After that, they will finish the first round with a tie of 5 to 5 with equal development.



However, after that, the opponent's continuous attacks could not be stopped and the difference in points was greatly widened.



Yamada, who advanced to the semi-final for the first time as a Japanese player in Taekwondo, recalled, "I was able to fight as a challenger because I was below, but I became emotional on the way and could not make a good decision." rice field.



Yamada was expected to win the medal for the first time in five tournaments since Yoriko Okamoto of the 2000 Sydney Games, but unfortunately it did not arrive.