Naori Hamada, a Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, participated in the Judo World Championships on the 11th in the women's 78-kg class, but she lost in the third-place play-off and did not win a medal.
On the 6th day of the World Judo Championships in Uzbekistan, the men's 100 kg class and the women's 78 kg class were held.
Among them, Hamada participated in the women's 78 kg class, and won two consecutive games from the second round, which was her first match, and advanced to the quarterfinals.
However, she lost to a Brazilian player in the quarterfinals by one and went to the repechage match, and then beat a German player who won the world championship last year to enter the third place match.
In the third-place match, she faced 18-year-old Ukrainian Elizaveta Litvinenko.
Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Hamada sought her second World Championship title since 2018, but fell short.
Hamada said, "I wanted to finish with a win at the end. She showed good points in the match she won, but she showed bad points in the match she lost. I want to switch and play in the next match." she spoke
In addition, Kentaro Iida competed in the men's 100-kilogram class, but lost to a Serbian player by ippon in the second round.
Iida said, ``I'm confused and at a loss for words.
On the 6th day of the tournament, Japan did not win a medal.
So far Japan has won 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.