Four fights, three defeats: For the German judoka there was nothing to gain on the second day of the World Championships in Doha/Qatar. Only Mascha Ballhaus (TH Eilbeck) won at the start of the class up to 52kg, but was beaten in the second round by Olympic champion Distria Krasniqi (Kosovo). After all, Ballhaus made it one lap further than in her World Cup debut last year in Tashkent.
On Monday, the men lost to Martin Setz (UJKC Potsdam) and Lennart Slamberger (JC Leipzig) in the class up to 66 kg in their opening match. Katharina Menz (TSG Backnang), who had started as vice world champion, was eliminated in the round of 16 on Sunday. The 32-year-old was defeated by Natsumi Tsunoda (Japan), who then won her third world title in a row.
The World Championships in Qatar run up to and including Sunday. The German team has to do without two of their top athletes: Eduard Trippel, who won silver at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo, had to cancel his participation with a knee injury. Anna-Maria Wagner, twice decorated with bronze in Tokyo, cannot start because of a shoulder injury.
2023-05-08 10:34:02
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