The Asian Judo Championships began in Kazakhstan on the 4th, and on the first day, Japanese athletes won the men's and women's classes in three categories, including Ryuki Nagayama winning the men's 60-kilogram class.
The Asian Judo Championships began in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, on the 4th as a competition to replace the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, which was postponed due to the new coronavirus.
On the first day, matches were held in five categories for men and women, and in the men's 60-kilogram final, 26-year-old Nagayama played against a South Korean player and scored a back throw to win the championship by ippon.
In the women's 48-kg final, 21-year-old university student Wakana Koga defeated a local Kazakhstan competitor, and in the women's 57-kg final, 27-year-old Momo Tamaki defeated a Chinese competitor. and each won.
Ryoma Tanaka in the men's 66kg class and Ai Shishime in the women's 52kg class also advanced to the finals, but both were defeated and placed second.