At the Judo World Championships on the 12th, Ritsu Saito won the silver medal in the men's over 100 km class, and Tomita Wakaharu won the bronze medal in the women's over 78 km class.
On the 7th day of the World Judo Championships in Uzbekistan, the men's over 100kg class and the women's over 78kg class were held.
Of these, the 20-year-old growth stock, Saito, participated in the men's over 100 km class.
In the semi-finals, they faced a player from Tajikistan, and although the match went to overtime, Saito aggressively used his techniques, and after the opponent received the third instruction, he was defeated by a foul and advanced to the final.
In the final, I faced Cuba's Andy Granda and went into extra time without a clear winner.
In extra time, against an aggressive opponent, Saito was unable to gain the upper hand in the battle for kumite and was unable to perform his technique.
Saito won two consecutive Olympic titles and aimed to become the world's number one with his father, Jin, who won the 1983 world championship, but unfortunately ended up with a silver medal.
Saito said, "It's the first time I've ever had a match with such a bad aftertaste. I'm really sorry that there were so many people who supported me. I have no choice but to go back and reconsider my judo from scratch and move forward." It smeared.
Wakaharu Tomita, silver medalist at last year's World Championships, participated in the women's over 78-kilometer class.
Tomita faced a Brazilian player in the semi-finals, but she received the third instruction in extra time and lost by foul, and she went to the 3rd place match.
She won the bronze medal in the 3rd place play-off, where she played South Korea's Kim Ha-yun and scored a leg move to win by ippon.
Tomita said, "I went in with the feeling that I absolutely wanted to win the championship. I was disappointed that the result was a bronze medal, but I'm glad I got the medal. I had strength and body to lose, so I studied techniques to not lose and developed my own judo. I want to incorporate it into the
At the World Championships, all the men's and women's individual competitions are over, and Japan has 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and 3 bronze medals.
On the 13th, there will be a team competition for both men and women.