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Tajik Temur Rakhimov still heavyweight world leader
17 Jan 2024 10:55
IJF Media team by Jo Crowley and JudoInside
JudoInside.com - Hans van Essen / judo news, results and photos
The world number one has been the incumbent for a long time. Temur Rakhimov of Tajikistan has been immovable from the top of the draw but his results provide a window of opportunity for his opponents. Often falling short of the biggest prizes, collecting silver medals and 5th places, consistency is his super power.
The man to beat though, at the moment, is Inal Tasoev. He’s 25 years old. Has no fear and is joint world champion in the category. He throws and he throws big! He didn’t lose a contest from June 2022 until the 2023 Tokyo Grand Slam and he still medalled there. We suspect that single loss was a blip. Tasoev is hunting Olympic gold, clearly, publicly and possibly successfully.
Of course we have to acknowledge that Saito (JPN) and double Olympic champion Riner (FRA) want that medal just as much but the World Ranking List favours Tasoev with the Japanese and French competitors sitting at 6 and 13 respectively.
It could be argued that the Olympic Ranking List is more relevant but let’s wait to analyse that later. Let it settle, let the domestic selections be solidified. The World Ranking List is as good a place to start as any. The race is on and the number ones perhaps, although potentially safe for qualification, have one of the hardest jobs of all, to hold their ranking and earn a positive first round in Paris in the summer.
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