He missed the opening round as a powerhouse, and Canada’s Kelly Deguchi, who has won the last two championships in America, was waiting for him in the round of 16. The older sister of his Japanese-born competitor, Krista, won a world title higher in the weight class.
The 26-year-old Atomerőmű SE athlete battled his three-year-old opponent, and a good two minutes of extra time passed before the first evaluated action, when he finally managed to upset Deguchi, thus winning the EPON. Of the eight, world and European champion student Okus Brown will face Chinese pen Liu, MTI announced.
As for other local judokas interested on opening day, Shsanad Vichko and Pence Farkas lost at 60kg after one win, while David Nagy and Marton Andrassy finished without a win. Balint Gumbas, Bens Mathy and Andras Vida all went the same way in 66, as did Fatim Berenger in 48. Rosa Gertias and Rebecca Keeler didn’t win a match in the 52kg class, but in 57, Katie Kovacs started with a big win, then was stopped by world champion Jessica Klimkai from Canada with a shoulder throw.
In the second Hungarian Grand Slam, 406 runners from 61 countries will move on to the tatami competition. The first GS competition was held behind closed doors in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and this time the organizers created a partial bubble, where participants can leave their accommodations for sporting purposes – racing, training, running, and weighing.
