They defeated the Hungarian judokas with Ippon, Szofi Özbas and Attila Ungvári additionally making a bye within the prime 16

Attila Ungvári began the Paris Olympic judo competitors with a victory on Tuesday morning. In his first match, he beat Abilajhan Zsubanazar from Kazakhstan with a gold level within the 81 kg weight group, thus reaching the highest 16. Within the subsequent spherical, nevertheless, he misplaced to the Belgian Matthias Cassé.

The 35-year-old athlete from Budaörsi SC – the youthful brother of Olympic silver medalist Miklós Ungvári – had confronted his Kazakh opponent as soon as, and defeated him at Grand Slam 2022 in Baku. Their second battle was a busy one, however 4 scoreless minutes resulted. Ungvári, a three-time European bronze medalist, was nearer to finishing the duty, which led to Zsubanazar’s switch. Within the first minute of the additional time earlier than the golden level, the referee warned each judokas, so the Kazakh got here near being knocked down.

Zsubanzabar was extra energetic at the moment, however Ungvári defended effectively, and 1:58 minutes into extra time, he received the match with vazari who acquired a hook throw inside.

“I felt calm on the within, I all the time had a great tempo on the flip, so I acquired a giant benefit. The man needed to come, I attempted to sit down on these two sheidos in further time, but it surely’s even higher, I did not need to battle anymore, as a result of vazarite fell, “Ungvári stated after the sport

Though the Kazakh judoka disputed the motion, Ungvári believed the scenario was clear: “I did not assume it was suspicious in any respect, my leg was there, I swept it, it fell on its facet, he was a transparent Vazari,” he stated. Ungvári, who was crushed within the subsequent spherical by the third Olympic, world and European champion Matthias Casse from Belgium was ready, to whom he misplaced of their solely assembly till this.

In his second match, Ungvári misplaced to the Belgian Cassé, so he ended up and not using a place on the Olympics. Ungávri sparred along with his opponent for nearly two minutes with out outcomes, which was known as off after a minute and a half. Casse didn’t discover a maintain on the Hungarian judoka, who additionally acquired the warning half a minute earlier than the top. Additional time adopted earlier than the golden level, by which Ungvári was cautioned for the second time by the referee after 54 seconds. On the 1:47 minute of additional time, Casse dropped Ungvári with a shoulder throw and received by ippon.

Sofi Özbas additionally made it to the highest 16

Sófi Özbas, who competed within the 63-kilogram class, additionally made her debut on the judo event, the 22-year-old BHSE judoka began towards the Czech European champion Renata Zachová and defeated him.

Özbas knew the defending European champion effectively, as he had already met him seven occasions, and it was thought of a great signal that he had crushed his opponent two years earlier. 5 occasions older. World Cup and European bronze medalist Özbas strongly attacked the Czech judoka, who was thought of a greater likelihood, who was cautioned after a minute.

The Hungarian judoka acquired the win at 2:52 with vazari on an inside thigh throw, and shortly after Zachová acquired her second warning. Özbas undoubtedly maintained his benefit within the remaining time and went on.

“I used to be very relaxed, which is nice as a result of you’ll be able to’t pressure this sense, you do not have the muscle tissues for it. I used to be just a little shell through the recreation, it felt like the opposite one could not hassle me, I used to be in management,” stated Szofi Özbas after the victory.

Within the spherical of 16, Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, bronze medalist on the Tokyo Olympics and silver medalist on the 2022 World Championships, adopted the Hungarian judoka. Second place on this planet rankings was thought of the most probably, however Özbas didn’t let his opponent seize the initiative. After two minutes, the Canadians had been warned, because the Hungarian judoka launched a number of assaults. As the ultimate minute approached, Beauchemin-Pinard started to develop into extra energetic, and half a minute earlier than the top, he singled out Özbas, who beat him by ippon.