The Judo All-Japan Selected Weight Championship was held, and in the women's 78 kg class, Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Shori Hamada won the championship for the first time in three years.
The tournament also serves as the final selection for the World Championships scheduled for October in Uzbekistan, with five men and women from the Tokyo Olympics gold medalist participating.
It was held in Fukuoka City for two days until the 3rd, and the 7th class of girls was held on the 2nd.
Of these, Hamada, who participated in the women's 78-kilometer class, won one of the two games, the first round and the semi-final, with his strong ground fighting skills.
In the final, he played against Rika Takayama, who won the tournament last year, and was pushed from the beginning. I won the championship for the second time.
Hamada said, "I think I still have a lot to do in all aspects of standing and ground fighting, and I want to overcome my challenges one by one. I can't look too far from now on, but one by one. I wish I could win and connect to the world championships and the Olympics. "
Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Uta Abe participated in the women's 52-kilometer class and won the first round, but she abstained from the next semi-final.
Abe revealed that he had surgery on both shoulders last fall after the Olympics, saying, "It's been two weeks since I started practicing on tatami mats in March. I managed to participate in order to participate, but I was physically stiff. "
In addition, the 48 kg class is Tokyo Olympic silver medalist Funa Tonaki, the 52 kg class is Hibiki Shiraishi, the 57 kg class is Haruka Funakubo, the 63 kg class is Megumi Horikawa, and the 70 kg class is Shiho Tanaka, 78. Wakaba Tomita won each class over a kilometer.