Amazing surprising preliminaries at Day 5
The fifth day of the World Championships is a disastrous battlefield for many experienced judoka. A thriller could not have been more sensational than today's judo in Astana. The fans cannot believe their eyes seeing the results. All former World Champions didn’t make it to the semi finals, except for the two French Gevrise Emane and Audrey Tcheumeo. Also the three World Ranking leaders Krisztian Toth, Kim Polling and Kayla Harrison, didn't make it to the semi finals. Toth and Polling are sent to the repechage, Olympic Champion Harrison was defeated by Yoon Hyun-Ji. 2014 World Champion Mayra Aguiar by Polish Daria Pogorzelec.
World Champions who didn’t qualify for the Semi finals in Astana
2005 Guillaume Elmont (NED)
2007 Tiago Camilo (BRA)
2009 Marhinde Verkerk (NED) *
2010 Kayla Harrison (USA)
2013 Kyong Sol (PRK)
2013 Asley Gonzalez (CUB)
2010, 2011, 2014 Ilias Iliadis (GRE)
2009, 2013, 2014 Yuri Alvear (COL)
2014 Mayra Aguiar (BRA)
* Only Marhinde Verkerk (NED) could still take a bronze medal via the repechage.
Semi finals U90kg
Ustopiriyon vs Gwak 0-2
Denisov vs Gviniashvili 1-0
Semi finals U70kg
Bernabeu vs Graf 2-1
Emane vs Arai 0-1
Semi finals U78kg
Pogorzelec vs Umeki 0-0
Tcheumeo vs Velensek 3-2
Result | City | Date |
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1 | Zagreb | 26 Apr |
3 | Belgrade | 2023 |
2 | Montpellier | 2023 |
3 | Budapest | 2023 |
1 | Doha | 2023 |
Result | City | Date |
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1 | Tashkent | 2 Mar |
1 | Paris | 3 Feb |
1 | Budapest | 2023 |
2 | Tokyo | 2023 |
5 | Montpellier | 2023 |