www.judoinside.com 29/07
Natsumi Tsunoda can safely retire with Olympic gold
It was always going to be Tsunoda. She is a three-time World Champion (2021, 2022, 2023) and has been unbeaten by any non-Japanese since getting her World title in 2021 (her compatriot Rina Tatsukawa had beaten her in the 2022 Tokyo Grand Slam). She was head and shoulders above everyone else, and unless something were to terribly go wrong, she was expected to be the gold medalist.