www.judoinside.com 06/02
Haruka Funakubo scores precious gold in Paris
For the French public in the Ibis Styles Acoord Arena, the judoka of the day in the category U57kg was definitely the Olympic Silver medallist, Sarah Léonie Cysique (FRA), but she lost against Haruka Funakubo in the semi-final, while the second French competitor Priscilla Gneto couldn’t make it passed Momo Tamaoki (JPN), in the other semi-final. Thus, the two Japanese met in the final.