Japan have won their fifth mixed team gold medal on the final day of
the World Judo Championships in Tashkent following a six-bout thriller
against Tokyo 2020 champions France.
With all due respect to others, the only way that Inal Tasoev would not have returned home with the gold medal was for non-sporting reasons, such as a fall on the stairs or a traffic delay. Tasoev (IJF) is a complete heavyweight, a very good judoka, with an excellent technical panoply and he’s fast. In Mongolia, moreover, the opponents were not of his level.