Absolutely awesome fight, absolutely terrible decision. I think even Ebinuma would have rather got the chance to win by a throw than penalties. Should have been at least one, maybe two more mate's given we were in golden score and the attacks were still coming - rules are one thing but exciting judo should always be allowed to play out as a fight!
Agree. These two were all out, I saw more in these ten minutes than in hours of other matches. They gave up all their repertoire, and managed not to get one single score!...Unreal, metaphysical, beyond technique... It's NOT about the show, this was about the fight...we should have seen the ippon to end the match.
Noob here: Someone could please explain me why the referee stopped ebinuma's juji gatame at 10:35? And why he takes a shido at 8.44? what is "false attack"?
i dont care about the players. the real mvp is the referee. she called everything to a t, and didnt take any of the calls to chance- she went right to the jury when she needed to. very very very professional referee who know what she was doing.
10:27 that not a point? What kind of ridicoulous sport is this? And then the clothes always going put of the belt and thy had to readjust it all the time. Are you serious? WTF Does this Sport have no representant? You don't see that that is not the right clothes for that kind of movements? And nobody say nothing. What a stupid world..