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Kaori Matsumoto accepts loss at Grand Slam Tokyo
4 Dec 2015 07:30
Japan Times
IJF Media Team / International Judo Federation
London Olympic judo gold medalist and world champion Kaori Matsumoto was knocked out in the second round of the Grand Slam Tokyo in the women’s 57Ukg category.
Matsumoto defeated Indonesia’s Ni Kadek Anny Pandini by ippon in the first round, but suffered an ippon defeat to former world champion Rafaela Silva from Brazil on the first day of the tournament, one of the qualifying competitions for the Olympics next summer in Rio de Janeiro.
Twenty-year-old Tsukasa Yoshida won the division for the first time, downing French Helene Receveaux with an ippon in the final. “I feel full of frustration,” said Matsumoto, who came into the competition on the back of a gold medal at the world championship in August, her first in five years having struggled with injuries since winning the 2012 London Games.
“I can’t be afraid of moving forward and want to wrestle in a different way to the way I have done until now,” said the 28-year-old. “I’ll accept the reason I lost and make use of it in my next match.”
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