Olympic Times - Sports Daily

Satoshi Ishii sent Japan out on a winning note in the Olympic judo competition when he won the men’s over-100-kilogram gold medal Friday at the Beijing Games.

Ishii, in his first major global tournament, defeated Asian champion Abdullo Tangriev of Uzbekistan in the final on the last day of judo at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium.

With the victory, the 21-year-old Ishii gave Japan its fourth judo gold medal and sixth overall of the Beijing Olympics.

In the women’s competition, Maki Tsukada came up short in her bid to defend her Olympic title, settling for the silver medal in the over-78-kilogram class after losing to Chinese rival Tong Wen in a repeat of the title match at last year’s world championships.

Tsukada was leading with 16 seconds left when Tong flipped her over for an ippon victory.

from: yomiuri.co.jp