2023-06-17 12:45:31
Abu Dhabi (Al Ittihad)
Tomorrow, our first judo team will conclude its participation in the 2023 Astana Grand Slam Judo Championship, whose matches were held at the Paris Sports Hall in Astana, the Kazakh capital, with the participation of 334 male and female players from 42 countries, with a total cash prize of 154,000 euros.
Today’s closing round includes holding heavyweight competitions, in which our national team will participate in three matches, in which Aram Jarjouri will meet young French player Naguib Hambo, in the preliminary round qualifiers for weight (under 90 kg), and Dhofar Kosouf will play in weight under 100 kg, with the winner from The meeting of the German veteran Frei Carl and the young Uzbek Mansurov Muhammad, while our player Marouf Omar, the seventh seed, will play his opening match in the preliminary round of the weight over 100 kg with the young Georgian Inanish Saba.
The opening round of the championship saw our team play 3 matches at the level of both sexes, where the UAE judo champions performed at good levels, especially the second match of the player Narmand in the weight of under 66 kg in front of the champion of Kazakhstan, the owner of the land, and the large crowd, the player Kyrgyz Gusman, who won the Golden Escor, which is the match Which witnessed a protest by the technical staff of our team, after our player in the first match overcame the Romanian champion Bors Lucian, who won the silver weight.
At the level of female players, Bashirat lost her under-52 kg match against Japan’s golden champion, Ryoko Takeda, in the Golden Escort, in extra time, to confirm the Japanese who won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016, the bronze medal at the Tokyo Games, and the medal of the World Judo Championship – Doha 2023. At the end of the tournament, she deserves to win the silver medal.
Batsu lost her under-57 kg match to Podolac Arleta 1-0.
The good participation of our team added more points to help it reach the 2024 Paris Olympics.
With the end of the first round, Italy stands in the lead with two golds, then France comes in second place with gold, silver and bronze, then Spain comes with the same balance, and Kazakhstan, despite its participation of 51 players, ranked fourth with gold and silver.
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