Day 1: What to watch Friday night, Saturday morning at the Tokyo Olympics
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Day one of the Kazan Grand Slam was packed with spectacular, high-action judo that delighted the fans allowed to return to the stands. Dynamic performances from Russia’s home team guaranteed excitement, with no stone being left unturned in search of ippon.
Tonaki shines
Home favourite Irina Dolgova faced Japan’s Tonaki Funa in the -48kg final. Tonaki won it comfortably with an osae-komi for ippon, showing the skills that make the former world champion a favourite for the Tokyo Olympics.
Marius Vizer, president of the International Judo Federation, presented her with the gold.
Lukhumi Chkhvimiani from Georgia is the -60kg world champion, but he’s been without a podium on this year s grand slam tour. He put that right in Kazan, battling through a tough series of preliminaries before defeating Russia’s Robert Mshvidobadze with a golden score ippon in the final.
Top judokas eye Olympic berths in Doha
11 Jan 2021 - 9:02
The Peninsula
Doha: Since the resumption of the World Judo Tour at Grand Slam Hungary, last October, the judo world had been eagerly waiting for the launch of the new season. With the Doha World Judo Masters which begins today, this has been made possible, thanks to Qatar. The draw for Doha World Judo Masters – the 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifying event took place at the Lusail Multipurpose Hall yesterday. With tight regulations in place as per the Ministry of Public Health guidelines, the Qatar Judo & Taekwondo Federation and the International Judo Federation have ensured a much looked forward to event. IJF President Marius Vizer thanked The Amir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani during his welcome speech on the occasion of the draw, which was held entirely online.
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Krasniqi and Kim take the top honours on day one in Doha Africanews 11/01/2021 © from Euronews video
The opening event of the 2021 judo season is underway in Doha: the invitation-only World Masters, where the highest-ranked judokas in each weight category battle it out for top spot.
Our woman of the day is Kosovo’s Distria Krasniqi who faced Japan’s 2017 World Champion Tonaki Funa in the final of the -48kg category. She took gold inside 90 seconds with two waza-aris for a contest-winning waza-ari-awasete-ippon. Krasniqi received her third consecutive Masters title from the General Secretary of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Jassem Rashed Al Bouinin.
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