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Cho Guham wins in Tokyo for the second time in first outing of 2017
3 Dec 2017 11:05
by Mark Pickering - IJF
IJF Media Team / International Judo Federation
Two-time Grand Prix winner Cho Guham of Korea marked his return to competition by winning the Tokyo Grand Slam for the second time as he found a solution to the Japanese conundrum. Cho, 25, had not fought since the Rio 2016 Olympics but is always committed to the cause for his country and could never let something like a lack of match readiness hold him back from taking honours back to South Korea.
World number one Michael Korrel (NED) opposed the 2014 Tokyo Grand Slam winner and struggled with the shorter frame and greater ferocity of Cho and was penalised for passivity after three minutes of golden score to the immense satisfaction of the delegation from South Korea.
In the first semi-final Korrel snatched a crucial win over Openweight world silver medallist Toma Nikiforov (BEL) by a waza-ari score. In the second semi-final Cho defeated Zagreb Grand Prix winner Cirjenics Miklos (HUN) by two waza-ari scores.
The first bronze medal was won by Cirjenics who held down 22-year-old Ekaterinburg Grand Slam bronze medallist Laurin Boehler (AUT) for 20 seconds and ippon.
The second bronze medal went to Nikiforov who absorbed all the power and attacks of Zagreb Grand Prix silver medallist Jorge Fonseca (POR) before producing the only score of the contest to win by a waza-ari.
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