Japan Judo sweeps 13 Tokyo Grand Slam gold medals South Korea's Kim Min-ju silver medal
Dec 09, 2024
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Kim Min-joo defeated Japan's Shori Hamada in the women's 78kg semifinal of the 2024 International Judo Federation (IJF) Tokyo Grand Slam in Tokyo, Japan, on the 8th.
Kim Min-ju, who beat the leading candidate when Hamada, the gold medalist of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, received three maps, faced Japan's Ikeda Gurena in the final. Kim Min-joo, who had a close game with Ikeda, fought to the end of the period, but unfortunately knelt down as she allowed half of the press.
However, Kim Min-ju won a brilliant silver medal. It is the only medal for the Korean judo team at the Tokyo Grand Slam. Hamada, who lost to Kim Min-ju in the semifinals, also lost in the bronze medal match and ended up with no medal.
Kim Ha-yoon (Ansan City Hall), a bronze medalist at the Paris Olympics, lost one game to Arai Mao (Japan) in the women's 78kg semifinals and lost to Chihiro Yamaguchi (Japan) in the bronze medal match that followed.
Lee Seung-yeop (Yangpyeong County Office) and Song Woo-hyuk (High1), who weighed more than 100 kilograms, also advanced to the bronze medal match, but unfortunately suffered a loss.
Meanwhile, Japan swept 13 gold medals at the Tokyo Grand Slam held on the 7th and 8th. All the weight gold medals were taken. There were nine silver medals and 16 bronze medals.
South Korea came in second with one silver medal, three in fifth place, and one in seventh place.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
