8 hours agoMajlinda Kelmendi heads to quarterfinals of Japan's World Championship
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Majlinda Kelmendi has continued the way to complete the het-trick at the Judo World Championship, moving to the quarterfinals of Tokyo 2019 on Monday. Kosovo Judiastie beat Agata Penci from Poland in the third round in search of third world title in the category of up to 52kg, Express newspaper reports. After a [...]
After an equal battle at the start of the duel, Kelmendi began to take control of him and finally threw Polish on the floor. At first, the judges provided the ippon for the Olympic champion, but later restored the decision and dropped it and accounted for only one point.
However, this was enough for the 28-year-old who also passed this round and will now face Ashimie from Japan, who was world champion in 2017.
Kosovar, world champion in 2013 and 2014, spent the first round without war, while in the second round, Luz Olvera of Mexico defeated him.
