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ULAN BATOR, June 24 (Xinhua) Host nation Mongolia grabbed eight medals, including two golds on the first day of the Ulan Bator Grand Slam of judo which start
Natsumi Tsunoda overcame Wakana Koga in an all-Japanese women’s
under-48 kilogram final to win gold on the opening day at the
International Judo Federation (IJF) World Championships in Budapest.
Judo: Uta Abe rampages in comeback to win Tashkent Grand Slam title
March 6, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Uta Abe. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) Japan s Tokyo Olympic team member Uta Abe ended a 13-month layoff by winning the Tashkent Grand Slam s women s 52-kilogram division championship on Friday. Abe, who last competed in February 2020, won three-straight bouts by ippon starting from the second round, before her opponent in the final, Mongolia s Sosorbaram Lkhagvasuren, withdrew. Japan s Ryuju Nagayama won the men s 60-kg, defeating former world champion Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan in the final, while Natsumi Tsunoda was runner-up in the women s 48-kg, losing by ippon to former world champ Urantsetseg Munkhbat of Mongolia.
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Uta Abe (top) competes during the semifinals of the women s 52-kg division at the Tashkent Grand Slam on Friday. | KYODO
KYODO Mar 6, 2021
Tokyo Olympic team member Uta Abe ended a 13-month layoff by winning the Tashkent Grand Slam’s women’s 52-kg division championship on Friday.
Abe, who last competed in February 2020, won three-straight bouts by
ippon starting from the second round, before her opponent in the final, Mongolia’s Sosorbaram Lkhagvasuren, withdrew.