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Korean Mimi Huh upsets the odds in Tbilisi
4 Jun 2022 00:45
IJF Media team by Pedro Lasuen
IJF Gabriela Sabau / International Judo Federation
The weight category U57kg was the division that had a lot of successful outsiders. Much was expected of Eteri Liparteliani (GEO), even more so after defeating the Ukrainian Daria Bilodid in a fifteen minute match.
In Tbilisi much was also expected of Priscilla Gneto, Astride's sister. The Georgian succumbed to the Korean Mimi Huh and the French athlete lost to the German Pauline Starke. It was an unprecedented final to close a first day where the chain of command was respected in all categories, except this one.
Huh would have bet on such an ending? Huh knew that the big favourites would be crushed? Mimi knew and she scored an early waza-ari to stop Starke's attacks, for a first gold medal in a grand slam, at the age of 19. Brazilian Rafaela Silva and Liparteliani of the home team won the bronzes. Georgia closed the concert with five medals and this has only just begun.
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