Haruka Funakubo and Tsukasa Yoshida certified for the of the Grand Slam in Tokyo ultimate for girls U57kg. It was with a right-left opposition that the ultimate started and it was throughout the first sequence on the bottom that Haruka Funakubo shortly took over and pinned her opponent for an ippon synonymous with victory. Second on the final World Championships in Tashkent and now holder of 4 grand slam gold medals,
Haruka Funakubo scored a variety of factors for the Olympic qualification. Silver medal went to Tsukasa Yoshida who has received the World Judo Masters in 2021 and 2018, and was world champion in 2018, however this time gold for Funakubo.
The very best Georgian likelihood was subsequently undoubtedly Eteri Liparteliani, the primary seed of the match. Nevertheless, we are able to by no means repeat it sufficient that competing in Japan is especially tough as a result of, at each flip, there is usually a Japanese athlete hiding, one which we didn’t anticipate. For Liparteliani it was Tsukasa Yoshida. For the Georgian champion, could not resist Yoshida’s exact and unstoppable floor work and was pinned for ippon.
Canadian Christa Deguchi lives in Japan., she was the winner in Baku a couple of weeks in the past and world champion in 2019, right here in Tokyo, however by no means gave the impression to be on the tempo and he or she left the match by the again door, shedding in golden rating towards Akari Amori (JPN). There may be nonetheless work to be completed for Deguchi to be again at her greatest degree, the one she had earlier than the Tokyo Olympics, which noticed Jessica Klimkait being most well-liked to symbolize Canada.
