Christa Deguchi into Olympic judo semifinals

PARIS – Canada’s Christa Deguchi defeated Serbia’s Marica Perisic connected Monday to beforehand to nan Olympic women’s judo semifinals successful nan under-57-kilogram class astatine Arena Champ-de-Mars.

Deguchi bested Perisic successful nan quarterfinals by aureate people — aliases sudden-death overtime — by waza-ari, nan second-highest people a combatant tin execute pinch a azygous move successful judo.

Deguchi opened her Olympic debut pinch a triumph by ippon — a azygous move that instantly ends nan lucifer —against Panama’s Kristine Jimenez.

The 28-year-old Deguchi, who will look France’s Sarah-Léonie Cysique successful nan semifinals, had a bye into nan information of 16 being nan No. 1-ranked judoka successful nan world successful her weight class.

Deguchi was nan first Canadian to gain a world title badge pinch bronze successful 2018 earlier becoming Canada’s first-ever judo world champion successful 2019. Deguchi won her 2nd world title successful 2023 and earned metallic astatine worlds successful May.

She was chosen to correspond Canada complete No. 2-ranked Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ont., who earned bronze astatine this year’s worlds and hit retired Deguchi for nan lone spot for nan Tokyo Games successful 2021, wherever she earned Olympic bronze.

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Montreal’s Arthur Margelidon defeated Tajikistan’s Behruzi Khojazoda successful nan opening information successful nan men’s under-73-kilogram class aft getting a waza-ari to triumph by aureate score. Margelidon past topped Germany’s Igor Wandtke by aureate people pinch an ippon to make nan quarterfinals.

Margelidon fell to Azerbaijan’s Hidayat Heydarov successful nan quarterfinals aft Heydarov scored an ippon successful sudden-death overtime. Margelidon will later look Italy’s Manuel Lombardo successful a repechage match.

This study by The Canadian Press was first published July 29, 2024.