Date | 30 July 2021 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Nippon Budokan, Chiyoda, Tokyo |
Participants | 27 from 27 countries |
The results of the women’s heavyweight mixed up the expected outcome based on the ranking list. Third seed 2019 world champion Akira Sone from Japan toppled all her mostly prominent opponents with Ippon (full point) and proceeded to the final. There, she faced Idalys Ortiz from Cuba. Ortiz had already won medals in all her previous Olympic appearances, bronze in 2008, gold in 2012, and silver in 2016; additionally she won two World Championships. Her way into the final was less convincing, winning two bouts only by Waza-ari (half point). The final was a clash between two generations, the 21-year-old Sone against Ortiz, 11 years her senior. The end of the contest, however, was not spectacular. Sone was declared the winner after 8:52 min in the Golden Score after Ortiz was charged with a third Shido (penalty). Until this point, neither of the fighters managed to apply a technique for a score. Sone’s gold was Japan’s first gold in this category since 2004, although the country medalled at every Olympics in-between.
The experienced, second seeded Maria Altheman from Brazil was unlucky in her third Olympics. She suffered a foot injury in the second round, when she lost by Ippon to Romane Dicko, the 2021 World Masters winner. Unable to continue, she missed her chance in the repêchage. Dicko lost in the semi-final against Ortiz but claimed bronze in the bout against Kayra Sayıt from Turkey. Born as Ketty Mathé in France, she changed her name to Sayıt and had already represented Turkey at the 2016 Olympics. The second bronze went to Iryna Kindzerska, who was born in Ukraine but married an Azerbaijani and, although later divorced, still represented that country.
Date | 30 July 2021 — 11:00 |
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Format | Winners advance to round two. |
Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 30 Jul 11:00 | Idalys Ortiz | CUB | bye | ||||
Match #2 | 30 Jul 11:06 | Mat 1 | Rochele Nunes | POR | Waza-ari | Melissa Mojica | PUR | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 11:12 | Mat 1 | Nihel Cheikh Rouhou | TUN | Ippon | Sarah Adlington | GBR | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 11:18 | Mat 1 | Xu Shiyan | CHN | Ippon | Jasmin Grabowski | GER | |
Match #5 | 30 Jul 11:24 | Maria Suelen Altheman | BRA | bye | ||||
Match #6 | 30 Jul 11:30 | Mat 1 | Ana Velenšek | SLO | Ippon | Nina Cutro-Kelly | USA | |
Match #7 | 30 Jul 11:36 | Romane Dicko | FRA | bye | ||||
Match #8 | 30 Jul 11:42 | Mat 1 | Sandra Jablonskytė | LTU | Ippon | Ivana Maranić | CRO | |
Match #9 | 30 Jul 11:48 | Iryna Kindzerska | AZE | bye | ||||
Match #10 | 30 Jul | Mat 1 | Larisa Cerić | BIH | Ippon | Izayana Marenco | NCA | |
Match #11 | 30 Jul | Mat 1 | Maryna Slutskaya | BLR | Ippon | Gabriella Wood | TTO | |
Match #12 | 30 Jul | Mat 1 | Han Mi-Jin | KOR | Waza-ari | Tessie Savelkouls | NED | |
Match #13 | 30 Jul | Akira Sone | JPN | bye | ||||
Match #14 | 30 Jul | Mat 1 | Raz Hershko | ISR | Ippon | Tahani Al-Qahtani | KSA | |
Match #15 | 30 Jul | Mat 1 | Kayra Sayıt | TUR | Waza-ari | Vanessa Mballa | CMR | |
Match #16 | 30 Jul | Mat 1 | Yelyzaveta Kalanina | UKR | Ippon | Sonia Asselah | ALG |
Date | 30 July 2021 — 12:06 |
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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 | 30 Jul 12:06 | Mat 1 | Idalys Ortiz | CUB | Waza-ari | Rochele Nunes | POR | |
Match #2 | 30 Jul 12:12 | Mat 1 | Xu Shiyan | CHN | Ippon | Nihel Cheikh Rouhou | TUN | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 12:18 | Mat 1 | Maria Suelen Altheman | BRA | Ippon | Ana Velenšek | SLO | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 12:24 | Mat 1 | Romane Dicko | FRA | Ippon | Sandra Jablonskytė | LTU | |
Match #5 | 30 Jul 12:40 | Mat 1 | Iryna Kindzerska | AZE | Ippon | Larisa Cerić | BIH | |
Match #6 | 30 Jul 12:46 | Mat 1 | Han Mi-Jin | KOR | Ippon | Maryna Slutskaya | BLR | |
Match #7 | 30 Jul 12:52 | Mat 1 | Akira Sone | JPN | Ippon | Raz Hershko | ISR | |
Match #8 | 30 Jul 12:58 | Mat 1 | Kayra Sayıt | TUR | Ippon | Yelyzaveta Kalanina | UKR |
Date | 30 July 2021 — 13:04 |
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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 | 30 Jul 13:04 | Mat 1 | Idalys Ortiz | CUB | Ippon | Xu Shiyan | CHN | |
Match #2 | 30 Jul 13:10 | Mat 1 | Romane Dicko | FRA | Ippon | Maria Suelen Altheman | BRA | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 13:16 | Mat 1 | Iryna Kindzerska | AZE | Ippon | Han Mi-Jin | KOR | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 13:22 | Mat 1 | Akira Sone | JPN | Ippon | Kayra Sayıt | TUR |
Date | 30 July 2021 — 17:00 |
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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 | 30 Jul 17:00 | Mat 1 | Xu Shiyan | CHN | Ippon | Maria Suelen Altheman | BRA | walkover |
Match #2 | 30 Jul 17:08 | Mat 1 | Kayra Sayıt | TUR | Ippon | Han Mi-Jin | KOR |
Date | 30 July 2021 — 17:17 |
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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 | 30 Jul 17:25 | Mat 1 | Idalys Ortiz | CUB | Waza-ari | Romane Dicko | FRA | |
Match #2 | 30 Jul 17:17 | Mat 1 | Akira Sone | JPN | Ippon | Iryna Kindzerska | AZE |
Date | 30 July 2021 — 18:18 |
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Match | Date/Time | Location | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 3/5 | 30 Jul 18:18 | Mat 1 | Iryna Kindzerska | AZE | Ippon | Xu Shiyan | CHN | |
Match 3/5 | 30 Jul 18:28 | Mat 1 | Romane Dicko | FRA | Ippon | Kayra Sayıt | TUR | |
Match 1/2 | 30 Jul 18:38 | Mat 1 | Akira Sone | JPN | Ippon | Idalys Ortiz | CUB |