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It wasn’t just the Brazilian fans who were disgusted with the refereeing in the Maria Portela’s defeat by Russian Madina Taimazova, in the round of 16 of the 70kg category in judo, at dawn this Wednesday, for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Several judo personalities expressed their support for the Brazilian and criticizing the refereeing of Mexican Everardo Garcia, who did not score a fall in the Portela’s favor during the gold point and later eliminated her with the third shido (punishment) for lack of combativeness.
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Controversial move in Maria Portela’s fight against Madina Taimazov, who is in the round of 16 of judo at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — Photo: Gaspar Nóbrega / COB
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Bronze medalist at the Athens 2004 Games and TV Globo commentator Flávio Canto complained about the video review, which did not record wazari for the Brazilian.
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Silver medal in Sydney 2000 and bronze medal in Beijing 2008, Tiago Camilo said live on SporTV, where he was a commentator, that the touch of the Russian woman’s shoulders and neck on the mat configures a wazari. Later, it reinforced the feeling on social media. “It was clearly damaged. Both in the unscored blow and in the golden score decision,” he wrote.
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Tiago Camilo comments on refereeing error in Maria Portela’s fight
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A judoka with passages for the Brazilian national team, Alex Pombo reminded referee Eduardo Garcia of his fight against Argentine Alejandro Clara, in the semifinals of the Pan 2015 in Toronto. His defeat was decided in the same way. “This referee has already ended my dream at the Toronto Pan American Games, changing the shido with seconds to end the fight. Now, at the Olympic Games, to do something like that, to end an athlete’s dream,” he wrote.
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World champions in their categories, João Derly and Luciano Corrêa reinforced their criticism of refereeing. “Portela’s wazari was clear,” Corrêa wrote, and added: “Let the athletes decide.”
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