Doha (Qatar) hosted the first day of the World Judo Championship. The Kazakh team completed it without medals, according to Olympic.kz.
On the tatami on the starting day of the World Cup there were four Kazakhstanis. Abiba Abuzhakynova (up to 48 kilograms) went the farthest in the tournament bracket.
In the semi-finals, the athlete lost to Frenchwoman Shirin Boukli. In the fight for bronze, Abuzhakynova lost to Italian Asunta Scutto.
In the same weight, Galiya Tynbayeva was defeated in the third round by Blandina Ponta (France).
In men’s weight up to 60 kilograms, Nurkanat Serikbaev reached the repechage round, where he lost to Georgy Sardalashvili. Yeldos Smetov lost to Dilshodbek Baratov (Uzbekistan) in the third round.
Source: olympic