Judo World Championship Day 2 (7th, Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
The Abe brothers achieved their second simultaneous victory since 2018.Men’s 66 kg class older brother ・Hifumi Abe(25)=Park 24= was winning two consecutive titles in the final.Joshiro MaruyamaDefeated (29)=MIKI HOUSE= and won the championship for the first time in 4 years and the 3rd time.The women’s 52 kg class is her sister ・Abe poem(22) = Nippon Sport Science University = won the gold medal. He defeated Bouchard (France), who was second in the Tokyo Olympics in the semi-finals, and Giles (Britain), who was third in the finals. It was the first time since 2017 that he has won all four lightweight men’s and women’s weight classes.
Hifumi did not miss a moment’s chance to win. It was a tough development to receive the second instruction first, but when Maruyama came out in front with a uchimata, he knocked down with a small outside and took away Wazaari. At the end of the four minutes, he quietly spreads his arms proudly and points to the gold bib on his back, which is the mark of an Olympic champion. “As expected, I’m happy. There were times when I had to put up with it, but I managed to win. I won the head-to-head match and got closer to Paris,” he said.
Maruyama competed with the Tokyo Olympics representative until the last minute. In December 2008, after Japan’s first one-match match to decide the national team, it was decided after winning a 24-minute deadly battle. The composition of the top two continued for the 2024 Paris Olympics, but a direct confrontation at the All Japan Selection Weight Category Championship in April. “During the long period leading up to the one-match match, I thought about how I could win against one player. When I won the extension, I had a certain conviction.
In the summer, when asked about the rivalry with Maruyama at a press conference, he said, “I think I can say it already,” and said, “I’ve been fighting this much, and I’m here. For me, it’s a big deal to win or lose. I think it’s a milestone.”
At the 2019 World Championships, he lost to Maruyama in the semi-finals. He allowed a reversal in the national team selection race and was driven into a position where he could never lose. He said, “I’ve had a hard time. I don’t want to feel like that anymore. Winning or losing on the big stage will determine the fate of the Paris Olympics. The 10th match that I was prepared to face. With this, they have won four straight games and have a total of six wins and four losses.
In front of her family, she hugged her younger sister, Uta, who won the championship first, and shared her joy. Following the 2018 World Championships and the Olympics, brothers and sisters also achieved V on the same day. “I think that many people have understood that the Abe brothers and sisters are the strongest in the world,” he proudly said. To Paris two years later The champion remains the champion.