At the World Judo Championships held in Qatar on the 8th, Ichizo Abe won the gold medal in the men's 66-kilogram class and his sister Shigeru Abe won the gold medal in the women's 52-kilogram class, respectively, and the siblings won the world championships together for the second time last year.
The World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar, took place on 8 August, with matches in the men's 66-kilogram class and the women's 52-kilogram class.
Among them, Ichifuzo Abe, the gold medalist in the men's 66-kilogram class at the Tokyo Olympics, threw a bold throw against Georgia's Baja Margbelashvili in the quarterfinals and won the match with a matching technique.
In the final, he faced Shiro Maruyama, who competed for the Tokyo Olympics for the second time last year.
The match turned into a fierce battle from the start, but Abe did not give Maruyama any chance to enter an effective technique, and gradually created a momentum.
After extra time, Abe showed his technique while blocking Maruyama's kumite as he tried to counterattack, and 10 minutes after the start, Maruyama, who was instructed by the third player, lost the foul and Abe won the gold medal.
Abe won the world championship for the fourth time in two consecutive years, making him the most male athlete in Japan with Yasuhiro Yamashita, president of the All Japan Judo Federation.
Abe, who clapped his hands after winning the final, said, "In the end, I showed my will, my mind, and my tenacity, and I think I was able to show that I am an Olympic champion."
On the other hand, Abe's younger sister, the gold medalist in the women's 52-kilogram class at the Tokyo Olympics, continued to win the match with a bold throwing technique from the first match, and faced an Uzbekistan athlete in the final.
Uta took the lead right from the start, and after two minutes of suppression, he won the gold medal by one shot.
Uta won all of her matches from the first match, and like her brother Abe, she won the World Championship for the second consecutive year and fourth time.
Utami looked ahead, saying, "I was confused by the development of the match, but I'm glad that I was able to score in the end.