◇27th◇Men’s 60kg Quarterfinals◇Champ de Mars Arena
[Paris, 27th, by Kinoshita Jun]Former world number one Ryuju Nagayama (28, SBC Shonan Beauty Clinic) lost in the quarterfinals. He faced last year’s world champion Garrigos (29, Spain). He endured the ground techniques and firmly entangled his legs to defend, but he was transferred to a choke technique. Officially, he was defeated by a one-handed choke.
However, even after the referee signaled “wait,” the opponent continued to be squeezed for five seconds. Nagayama, who thought the match had stopped, continued to be squeezed even after relaxing his grip, and in the end, when he fell onto his back, it was judged that he had “fell (fainted).”
Unable to believe it, Nagayama spread his arms wide and refused to shake hands with his opponent in protest. He had no doubt that it was a “misjudgment.” He was booed by the Spanish supporters and European spectators, but once he stepped off the mat, it was over. He stayed behind for about five minutes to ask for a video review, but the situation did not change. He bowed and left. At that time, he said, “I heard him say ‘wait.'” After the four quarterfinal matches were over, Japan’s coach Keiji Suzuki also protested, but the decision was not overturned. He went on to a repechage against a Taiwanese player for the bronze medal.
This was his first Olympic appearance. From the second round of the first match, the match went straight into golden score overtime. The match against the Brazilian player was not decided within the four minutes. Although he struggled with the opponent’s countermeasures, he maintained control and won by a penalty with three warnings in a total of 7 minutes 37 seconds, advancing to the quarterfinals.
She was the only one of the 14 men and women on the Paris Olympic team who volunteered to compete in the World Championships in May, where she suffered an unexpected defeat in the first round. Although she learned from her mistakes, she lost in the next round.
This time, he won the title from a senior he respected and followed. Naohisa Takato (Park 24), the gold medalist at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. He won by ippon in the final of last year’s Grand Slam (GS) Tokyo tournament and grabbed a ticket to Paris.
He downed Tokyo Olympic champion Takato, a three-year senior at Tokai University, with a one-arm shoulder throw. “I’ve finally made it this far. I thought it would be meaningless unless I could beat Takato and become a representative.”
Looking back, he competed with Takato for the Tokyo Olympics, but was completely defeated at GS Osaka. His dream was shattered. After that, he couldn’t even win in Japan. He also lost in the first round at the All-Japan Weight Championship.
“Is it going to end like this?” “No, I have to change something.”
After much anguish, and with the encouragement of his father, Osamu, he went to France at his own expense for just under two months in April 1948 to train as a warrior.
“I want to grow as a person, not as a judoist.” Takato, who won last year’s World Championships, was leading the Paris road, but Nagayama, who had “almost given up” while alone in a foreign country, was feeling better. At the local judo class, the children from the big country reminded him of the aggressive judo of “going for the win.”
The head coach of the Japan men’s team, Keiji Suzuki, had also told him, “If you lose next time, it’s over.” With his back to the drawing board, he made a change in France, the host country of the Olympics. After returning to Japan, he won the Masters Tournament in August and made a strong comeback with two consecutive victories in international tournaments. After winning his first head-to-head match against Takato in four years, Takato stroked his head and told him to “do your best” on the tatami mats of Paris.
Is it Japan’s destiny that the battle for the national team will become the world’s best? Although she missed out on the Tokyo Olympics as the world’s number one ranked athlete, she was confident that she would win the gold medal. “I will do my own judo with pride for Japan.” She had planned to use her 156cm body to perform on the stage of her dreams, but an unexpected decision meant that she was unable to win the lightweight division for the second time in a row with her senior.
2024-07-27 14:13:12
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