The vice-champion of Europe Catarina Costa and the judoka Rodrigo Lopes were eliminated in the Judo World Championships, which will take place until October 13 at the Humo Arena, in Tashkent.
In the Humo Arena, the European runner-up Catarina Costa lost by Ipon against the German Menza Chatarina in the -48 kg category, in a fight that was already decided on a golden point.
Already a judoka at Benfica, 28th in the ranking, Rodrigo Lopes lost the fight with the South Korean Harim Lee (18th), in a defeat against Ipon, in the -60 kg category.
It was the second time that the two judokas faced each other, after having faced each other in June of this year at the Grand Slam of Ulaanbaatar, a race already scoring for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Rodrigo Lopes being excluded in the repechage phase.
Attention is now focused on Jorge Fonseca, who next Tuesday will defend the world title in the -100 kg category.
Asia is once again the scene of some Judo World Championships, after a ‘pause’ in Budapest, in 2021, where the Portuguese Jorge Fonseca was proclaimed world champion.
In the Judo World Championships, in which Telma Monteiro, four times runner-up in the world, is weightless due to injury, Portugal will also have Joana Diogo (-52 kg), Bárbara Timo (-63 kg), Rochele Nunes (+78k ), João Fernando (-81kg) and Anri Egutidze (-90kg).
Next opponents of the Portuguese judokas in the World Cup:
– Friday, October 7:
-52 kg: Joana Diogo (27th) exempt in the first round, in the next with the Uzbek Sita Kadamboeva (57th).
– Sunday October 8:
-63 kg: Bárbara Timo (26th) with Serbian Anja Obradovic (43rd).
-81 kg: João Fernando (61st) exempt in the first round, in the next with the winner of the fight between the Japanese Sotaro Fujiwara (12th) and the South Korean Jonhoon Kim (74th).
– Monday, October 9:
-90 kg: Anri Egutidze (47th) with the American John Jayne (27th).
– Tuesday, October 11:
-100 kg: Jorge Fonseca (1st, top seed), exempt in the first round, in the next with the Romanian Asley González (25th).
– Wednesday, October 12:
+78 kg: Rochele Nunes (16th) with the Czech Marketa Paulusova (78th).
Source: TSF
