Date | 27 July 2021 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo |
Participants | 34 from 34 countries |
Just like in Rio, the 81 kg category did not go well for the favourites. Only one of the four top seeded judoka, reigning world champion Matthias Casse from Belgium, brought home a medal. One home ground, the momentum of winning gold in the lighter classes was in favour of Takanori Nagase of Japan, the 2015 world champion and bronze medallist at the Rio Olympics. In the semi-final, he defeated Casse with a Seoi-naga (shoulder throw) for a Waza-ari (half point) as Golden Score. In the final against Saeid Mollaei, applying an Ashi-guruma earned him the decisive Waza-ari in the Golden Score. Mollaei reached the final collecting his second Waza-aris 2:55 min into the fight against Shamil Borchashvili. Mollaei competed at the 2016 Olympics and in 2018 became the world champion representing Iran. When he refused to submit to political pressure not to fight Israeli Sagi Muki, he defected first to Germany, and eventually to Mongolia, wearing their colours in Tokyo.
Underdog Borchashvili, born in Chechnya, came to Austria as a child and was trained by the German 2004 Olympic gold medallist Yvonne Bönisch. Only 14th in the ranking list, he scored an upset victory against Dominic Ressel by Ippon (full point) after 1:21 min for bronze. Casse clinched the second bronze medal toppling Georgian Tato Grigalashvili with a Yoki-otoshi for an Ippon after 1:26 min.
Date | 27 July 2021 — 11:00 |
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Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Jul 11:00 | |||||||
Match #2 | 27 Jul 11:06 | Adrián Gandía | PUR | bye | ||||
Match #3 | 27 Jul 11:12 | |||||||
Match #4 | 27 Jul 11:18 | Mat 1 | ||||||
Match #5 | 27 Jul | Alan Khubetsov | ROC | bye | ||||
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Match #29 | 27 Jul | Saeid Mollaei | MGL | bye | ||||
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Date | 27 July 2021 — 11:13 |
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Format | Winners advance to round three. |
Date | 27 July 2021 — 13:07 |
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Format | Winners advance to quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Jul 13:07 | Mat 1 | Matthias Casse | BEL | Ippon | Robin Pacek | SWE | |
Match #2 | 27 Jul 13:13 | Mat 1 | Alan Khubetsov | ROC | Waza-ari | Antoine Valois-Fortier | CAN | |
Match #3 | 27 Jul 13:20 | Mat 1 | Takanori Nagase | JPN | Ippon | Christian Parlati | ITA | |
Match #4 | 27 Jul 13:26 | Mat 1 | Dominic Ressel | GER | Waza-ari | Frank de Wit | NED | |
Match #5 | 27 Jul 13:33 | Mat 1 | Shamil Borchashvili | AUT | Waza-ari | Sagi Muki | ISR | |
Match #6 | 27 Jul 13:39 | Mat 1 | Sharofiddin Boltaboev | UZB | Waza-ari | Ivaylo Ivanov | BUL | |
Match #7 | 27 Jul 13:46 | Mat 1 | Tato Grigalashvili | GEO | Ippon | Lee Seong-Ho | KOR | |
Match #8 | 27 Jul 13:52 | Mat 1 | Saeid Mollaei | MGL | Waza-ari | Murad Fətiyev | AZE |
Date | 27 July 2021 — 13:59 |
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Format | Winners advance to semi-finals. Losers advance to repêchage for bronze medal tournament. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Jul 13:59 | Mat 1 | Matthias Casse | BEL | Ippon | Alan Khubetsov | ROC | |
Match #2 | 27 Jul 14:05 | Mat 1 | Takanori Nagase | JPN | Waza-ari | Dominic Ressel | GER | |
Match #3 | 27 Jul 14:12 | Mat 1 | Shamil Borchashvili | AUT | Waza-ari | Sharofiddin Boltaboev | UZB | |
Match #4 | 27 Jul 14:18 | Mat 1 | Saeid Mollaei | MGL | Ippon | Tato Grigalashvili | GEO |
Date | 27 July 2021 — 17:34 |
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Format | Winners advance to bronze medal matches. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Jul 17:34 | Mat 1 | Dominic Ressel | GER | Ippon | Alan Khubetsov | ROC | |
Match #2 | 27 Jul 17:42 | Mat 1 | Tato Grigalashvili | GEO | Waza-ari | Sharofiddin Boltaboev | UZB |
Date | 27 July 2021 — 17:51 |
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Format | Winners advance to gold medal final. Losers advance to bronze medal matches. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Jul 17:59 | Mat 1 | Takanori Nagase | JPN | Waza-ari | Matthias Casse | BEL | |
Match #2 | 27 Jul 17:51 | Mat 1 | Saeid Mollaei | MGL | Ippon | Shamil Borchashvili | AUT |
Date | 27 July 2021 — 18:49 |
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Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 3/5 | 27 Jul 18:49 | Mat 1 | Shamil Borchashvili | AUT | Ippon | Dominic Ressel | GER | |
Match 3/5 | 27 Jul 18:59 | Mat 1 | Matthias Casse | BEL | Ippon | Tato Grigalashvili | GEO | |
Match 1/2 | 27 Jul 19:09 | Mat 1 | Takanori Nagase | JPN | Waza-ari | Saeid Mollaei | MGL |