IJF President meets with Kyrgyzstan President during Asia-Oceania Championships Saturday, 10 April 2021
International Judo Federation (IJF) President Marius Vizer met with the President of Kyrgyzstan during his visit to the country for the Asia-Oceania Judo Championships.
Vizer and President of the Judo Union of Asia and IJF vice-president Obaid Al-Anzi met with President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Sadyr Japarov, on the final day of the Championships in the nation s capital Bishkek.
Both parties spoke about the country s plans to develop judo further following the Championships.
Japarov thanked the IJF for the opportunity to host the competition in Kyrgyzstan for the first time.
Friday, 9 April 2021
South Korea claimed the final gold medal of the Asia-Oceania Judo Championships in Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan with victory in the mixed team event.
Meeting them in the gold-medal match were Kazakhstan.
In the opening bout Kim Ji-su gave South Korea the lead with an ippon win over Sevara Nishanbayeva in the women s under-57-kilogram category, before Zhansay Smagulov levelled the score with an ippon victory of his own against Kim Lim-hwan in the men s under-73kg.
Zere Bektaskyzy then gave Kazakhstan the lead, emerging victorious after a four-minute stalemate and three-and-a-half minutes of golden score against Kim Seong-yeon in the women s under-70kg.
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Wednesday, 7 April 2021
Vladimir Zoloev won a historic gold medal for host nation Kyrgyzstan at the Asia-Oceania Judo Championships in Bishkek.
The Asian Games bronze medallist earned Kyrgyzstan s first-ever continental judo title with victory in the men s under-81 kilograms division.
Zoloev beat Saeid Mollaei, now of Mongolia and a former world champion in the division, in the semi-finals and then overcame South Korea s Lee Moon-jin in the final.
Lee s medal was one of five won by South Korea across four weight categories today.
Mollaei and Sharofiddin Boltaboev of Uzbekistan won the bronze medals.
Ex-world champion An Chang-rim won the men s under-73kg title for South Korea, overcoming Tajikistan s Somon Makhmadbekov in the final, and China s Qing Daga took a bronze medal along with Victor Scvortov of the United Arab Emirates.
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