The gold favorite in the 57-kilogram category, Olympic champion Rafael Silva is out of the individual dispute at the World Judo Championship, in Doha (Qatar). Number 1 in the ranking and two-time world champion, the Brazilian lost in her debut to the Turkish Hasret Bozkurte (61st), who landed a waza-ri just 15 seconds into the fight and then an ippon a minute and a half before the end of the bout. The carioca returns to the World Cup mat on Sunday (14), in the mixed team competition, the last day of the World Cup, which is broadcast live on the Brazilian Olympic Channel. “The fight was fast, it was due to the athlete and she ended up surprising me and studied me a lot. That’s judo, in a matter of seconds a fight can be over”, said the judoka, shortly after the defeat, in a statement to the Brazilian Judo Confederation (CBJ). MASSIVE upset at -57kgs az Hasret Bozkurt stuns the world champion! can you believe it? 🇹🇷📺 Watch live on https://t.co/AVIXV0hBw7 premium now!#JudoWorlds #Judo #Qatar #Doha #Sport #OlympicQualifiers #RoadToParis2024 #WJT #Olympics @judodoha2023 pic.twitter.com/2y1pgM4EJ4 — Judo (@Judo ) May 9, 2023 Also in the women’s 57 kg category, São Paulo’s Jéssica Lima (17th in the world ranking) made her debut, easily beating Czech Vêra Zemanová (31st) and, subsequently, defeating Kosova’s Flaka Loxha (34th). However, in the round of 16, Jessica was beaten by Canadian Jessica Klikait, Olympic medalist and number 3 in the world. Debut of Brazilians at the Worlds Preliminaries from 5 am and finals at noon (Brasília time): Wednesday (10) – Ketleyn Quadros (63kg), Gabriella Mantena (63kg), Guilherme Schimidt (81kg) Eduardo Yudy Santos (81kg) Thursday (11) – Rafael Macedo (90kg) and Giovani Ferreira (90kg) Friday (12) – Leonardo Gonçalves (100kg) and Rafael Buzacarini (100kg) Saturday (13) – Beatriz Souza (+78kg), Rafael Silva (+100kg) and João Cesarino (+100kg) Sunday (14) – Team competition Cycle for Paris 2024 The Judo World Cup distributed up to 2,000 points (champion) in the qualifying ranking for Paris 2024. With 23 Olympic podiums conquered to date, Brazil seeks to ensure place in each of the 14 individual categories, in addition to the team tournament in Paris. The accumulation of points in the International Judo Federation (IJF) ranking began in July 2022 and will only end in June of next year. The modality will bring together 372 athletes in Paris (equally divided between men and women). The top 17 in the category ranking ensure a place in Paris 2024 (with a limit of one judoka per country). From the 18th place in the ranking, vacancies will be distributed by continent: Americas (21 vacancies), Africa (24), Europe (25), Asia (20) and Oceania (10).
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