It was the turn of the heavyweights on day 3 of the International Judo Federation Grand Slam in Kazan, Russia, the final event of this year’s tour. And the honours were evenly shared, with Japan, Russia, Germany, France and the Netherlands all picking up one gold apiece.
Murao wins with textbook uchi-mata
Murao Sanshiro shone in the -90kg final. The young japanese judoka faced Germany’s Eduard Trippel and won it with a textbook uchi-mata for ippon. It was a timely reminder for the Olympics selectors.
Not only did my coach, Kosei Inoue, travel here just for me, but he is a teacher at my university, and he is an athlete I really look up to. So it is a great honour to be here with him, and fight together.
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