Nagoya – Japanese judo officials said they had never seen anything like it after eventual champion Rin Maeda appeared to be bitten by her Chinese opponent at the Asian Games. Maeda was awarded victory in the quarterfinal bout in Nagoya when Tang Jing was disqualified just over a minute into the contest. Tang appeared to bite Maeda just above the wrist while the pair were clinched on the ground, with Maeda showing the referee visible teeth marks after getting up from the mat.
Judges reviewed the footage and Tang was disqualified. Japan women’s judo coach Maki Tsukada told sports website The Digest that it was a first for her in her long career in the sport. Maeda went on to win gold, beating Kazakhstan’s Azhar Askhat in the final.
Fujiwara, who secured gold in the men’s 81-kg category, said, “I’m in a world where people expect results, so I’m relieved.” Tanioka won gold in the women’s 63-kg category. Elsewhere in the quadrennial sporting festival held mainly in Aichi Prefecture, Yuri Nakazato added to Japan’s gold haul in wrestling, by winning the men’s Greco-Roman 97-kg event. Nakazato’s mother is from Aichi.
Saying that many relatives were at the venue cheering him on, Nakazato said, “I had twice as much energy as usual.” Nao Kusaka clinched silver in the men’s Greco-Roman 77-kg event. In women’s wrestling, Nonoka Ozaki overpowered a North Korean wrestler in the 62-kg event final to claim a gold medal. Adding to the host nation’s medal collection, Kurumi Ito secured gold in the women’s kayak single canoe slalom event.
In cycling track, Japan won gold in the women’s Madison event, while Kaiya Ota and Kanta Umezawa both took home golds in the men’s sprint and omnium events, respectively. Ai Mori secured silver in the women’s sport climbing boulder event.
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