The 1st CISM East Asian Judo Championship took place between September 8th and 9th in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. 7 delegations attended to and the organization under the aegis of CISM and the Mongolian Delegation to CISM together with the International Judo Federation, gathered athletes from the following countries: Korea, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Russia and Vietnam.
The Opening Ceremony of the 1st CISM East Asia Judo Championship was held on September 8th at the Buyant Ukhaa Sports Complex in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia's capital, and was led by Mr. Badmaanyambuu Bat-Erdene, Mongolia's Defense Minister. The event was broadcasted live on two TV channels from Mongolia, C1 and ETV and also featured a promotional video to give more information.
The Russian male judokas Alan Khubetsov, Mikhail Igolnikov, Niyaz Ilyasov and Anton Brachev respectively took the first place in the -81kg, -90kg, -100kg and +100kg categories. In the -60kg male event, the DPRK judoka Yong Nam Pak showed out to be stronger than the others were while the two local athletes Batsuuri Adiya and Tsogbaatar Tsend-Ochir won the gold medal in the -66kg and -73kg competitions.
The host country won two other gold medals through the successes of Tsolmon Adyiasambuu (-52kg) and Gankhaich Bold (-63kg). The Russian delegation added two gold medals to its collection with the victories of Mariia Persidskaia (-48kg) and Alena Babintseva (-78kg). DPRK imitated the Russian team with two new titles as Bok Hyang Ri and Son Yong Hong won the -57kg and -70kg events while China won its first gold medal of the competition as Li Yang defeated Gandimaa Erdenebileg (MGL) in the gold medal game of the +78kg female event.
For the individual results, click here:
The Russian male team managed to win the gold medal of the team male competition against the second Mongolian team, who had just beaten China in the other semifinal. It was the eighth gold medal for Russia while Kazakhstan and China took the silver medal. In the women’s team event, DPRK, with only 4 athletes during all the games, won its third title of the tournament with Mongolia grabbing the silver medal and both China and Russia finishing third.
For the team result. Click here: http://www.milsport.one/medias/fdvprfiles.php?d=ZmljaGllcnM=&f=dGVhbV9yZXN1bHRzLnBkZg==&s=868928d1115b88f728cf3a4aa92287a2
Pictures: Mr Maxime Morlet, CISM Media and Communication Assistant
Source: CISM Media and Communication Department
-Luciana Oliveira
