www.judoinside.com 05/03
Rika Takayama simply the best in U78kg
For the first time in a grand slam final, Georgia Stangherlin of Italy had nothing to lose but she had to be careful with Rika Takayama's ne-waza skills. In less than a minute, the Japanese judoka used them wrapping up her opponent while working on the arm and eventually Stangherlin had to submit to the ude-garami. It was ippon and gold for Japan in Tashkent.