Jorge Fonseca lost the fight in the quarterfinals of the Judo World Cup, which takes place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, but he can still fight for the bronze medal. The Portuguese, two-time world judo champion in -100 kg, fell to the playoffs after losing to Azerbaijani Zelym Kotsoiev (11th), by ippon.
Fonseca, who was proclaimed world champion in 2019 in Tokyo and 2021 in Budapest, becoming the first Portuguese world champion in this sport, started as number one in the world and great favorite, but he will not be able to repeat the feat, after being relegated to the Table Discussion of bronze medals.
In Tashkent, the judoka met the Romanian Asley González, former Olympic runner-up, world champion and Pan American champion, still in the -90 kg category, and beaten by waza-ari, already on the gold score (6.29 minutes) . in the next one she defeated Serbian Bojan Dosen, by ippon, and in the third she lost to Kotsoiev, with whom she had a negative balance (four defeats and only one victory).
Source: TSF
