www.judoinside.com 04/10
KIHARA Keito defeats TAKEICHI Yusuke in all Japan final U73kg
In the only men’s category of the second day of the Junior World Championships at the Kasri Tennis Arena in Dushanbe, Judofans saw Japan shine again. The all-Japanese final U73kg between Yusuke Takeichi and Keita Kihara was laboured to begin with, both being penalised early for holding back their sleeves to avoid the grip. Takeichi then received another, for non-combativity. Kihara chose that moment to unleash a devastating left uchi-mata to throw his teammate for ippon and become junior world champion, a big step up from his 5th place last year.