Kim, Bolder break Japan domination in Judo
Ono, Abe clinch titles in 73kg, 63 kg classes
TOKYO, Dec 1, (AFP): London Olympic gold medallist Kim Jae-Bum of South Korea and Linda Bolder of the Netherlands stopped Japanese domination at the Grand Slam international judo tournament in Tokyo on Saturday.
The 27-year-old Korean, also the world champion in the past two years, pulled off a yuko and went on to beat Ivan Vorobev of Russia in the men’s 81-kilogramme final.
Bolder, the 2008 under-23 European champion, defeated Japan’s Haruka Tachimoto after scoring a yuko point to win the women’s 70kg final. Men 73kg Final Shohei Ono (JPN) bt Riki Nakaya (JPN) ippon Semifinals Riki Nakaya (JPN) bt Yuki Nishiyama (JPN) waza ari
Shohei Ono (JPN) Khashbaatar (MGL) ippon Quarter-finals Riki Nakaya (JPN) bt Florent Urani (FRA) yuko
Yuki Nishiyama (JPN) bt Murat Kodzokov (RUS) decision
Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar (MGL) bt Dirk van Tichelt (BEL) ippon
Shohei Ono (JPN) bt Yertugan Torenov (KAZ) ippon 81kg Final Kim Jae-Bum
On Friday, Japanese judokas dominated the event winning the men’s 60kg, 66kg, women’s 48kg, 52kg and 57kg titles through Naohisa Takato, Jumpei Morishita, two-time world champion Haruna Asami, Yuki Hashimoto and Anzu Yamamoto.
The other two classes on Saturday were allJapanese affairs with Shohei Ono beating world champion Riki Nakaya to win the men’s 73kg and Megumi Tsugane beating Kana Abe to win the women’s 63kg title.
Results
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(KOR) bt Ivan Vorobev (RUS) yuko Semifinals Kim Jae-Bum (KOR) bt Victor Penalber (BRA) waza ari
Ivan Vorobev (RUS) bt Tomohiro Kawakami (JPN) ippon Quarter-finals Kim Jae-Bum (KOR) bt Yuki Haruyama (JPN) waza ari
Victor Penalber (BRA) bt Alain Schmitt (FRA) ippon
Tomohiro Kawakami (JPN) bt Shukhratjon Arslanov (UZB) ippon
Ivan Vorobev ( RUS) bt Takahiro Nakai (JPN) ippon Women 63kg Final Megumi Tsugane (JPN) bt Kana Abe (JPN) yuko Semifinals Megumi Tsugane (JPN) bt Rafaela Silva (BRA) waza ari
Kana Abe (JPN) bt Maricet Espinosa (CUB) ippon Quarter-finals Rafaela Silva (BRA) bt Natsumi Katagiri (JPN) ippon
Megumi Tsugane (JPN) bt Martyna Trajdos (GER) ippon Kana Abe (JPN) bt Yarden Gerbi (ISR) ippon Maricet Espinosa (CUB) bt Clarisse Agbegnenou (FRA) ippon 70kg Final Linda Bolder (NED) bt Haruka Tachimoto (JPN) yuko Semifinals Linda Bolder (NED) bt Yuko Imai (JPN) ippon Haruka Tachimoto (JPN) bt Hwang Ye-Sul (KOR) yuko Quarter-finals Yuko Imai (JPN) bt Kim Seong-Yeon (KOR) ippon
Linda Bolder (NED) bt Onix Cortes Aldama (CUB) ippon
Haruka Tachimoto (JPN) bt Laura Vargas Koch (GER) ippon
Hwang Ye-Sul (KOR) bt Kelita Zupancic (CAN) yuko Germany’s Alexander Wieczerzak (top), is thrown by South Korea’s Kim Jae-Bun during their men’s 81kg class second-round match of the Grand Slam
judo tournament at Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on Dec 1. Kim won the match.(AFP)