TRIO OF JAPANESE JRS EARN BRONZE MEDALS AT KLIPPAN OPEN
KLIPPAN, Sweden (February 28-March 2) – A trio of Japanese juniors earned bronze medals in the senior-junior division at the Klippan Ladies Open while eight Japanese teenagers won in the cadet division, including three-time champions Kika KAGATA and Mayu MUKAIDA.
Kanae YAMADA finished third at 48kg with wins over Beijing 2008 bronze medalist Clarissa CHUN (USA) and 2013 European champion Valeria CHEPSARAKOVA (RUS). Rumi HIROSE, a bronze medalist at Klippan in 2013, was third again at 55kg with a win over Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA), while Masako FURUICHI bagged a bronze at 69kg with a win over two-time junior world champion Dorothy YEATS (CAN).
All three of Japan’s medalists are students a Abe Gakuin high school in Tokyo, while Furuichi is also a member of the JOC Academy for elite young athletes. Yamada and Furuichi won their first medals in international competition at the senior level.
Another Abe Gakuing student and JOC Academy member Mukaida won her third straight title at 52kg in the cadet division, while Kagata of the Bunka Gakuen University affiliate high school in Tokyo defended her 49kg crown for her third overall Klippan cadet title.
Women’s freestyle
Senior-junior division
48kg – YAMADA, Kanae (3rd, 31 entries)
R1 – df. Jasmine MIAN (CAN), 6-2
R2 – df. Clarissa CHUN (USA), 6-4
R3 – df. Nadezhda FEDOROVA (RUS), 9-4
SF – lost to Victoria ANTHONY (USA), 4-6
F3 – df. Valeria CHEPSARAKOVA (RUS), 4-2
48kg – MIYAHARA, Yu (13th, 31 entries)
R1 – df. Fedrika PETTERSSON (SWE), 8-2
R2 – lost to Alyssa LAMPE (USA), 6-6x
48kg – OKUNO, Rina (19th, 31 entries)
R1 – lost to Felicia GALLO (FRA), 4-8
48kg – TANABE, Yuki (24th, 31 entries)
R1 – lost to Valeria CHEPSARAKOVA (RUS), 1-8
48kg – SUSAKI, Mai (29th, 31 entries)
R1 – lost to Nadezhda FEDOROVA (RUS) by TF, 0-10=2:10
55kg – HIROSE, Rumi (3rd, 14 entries)
R1 – df. Sandra PARUSZEWSKI (GER) by TF, 10-0=3:59
R2 – df. Tiina VAINIONPAA (FIN) by fall, 3:30 (12-2)
SF – lost to Marwa AMRI (TUN) by fall, 4:34 (0-3)
F3 – df. Sarah HILDEBRANDT (USA) by TF, 10-0=2:54
58kg – HIGUCHI, Mikako (7th, 21 entries)
R1 – df. Kennon HENDERSON (USA) by fall, 2:46 (8-0)
R2 – df. Carola RAINERO (ITA), 10-6
R3 – lost to Petra OLLI (FIN) by TF, 0-10=1:58
c1 – lost to Kayla MIRACLE (USA), 2-6
58kg – IMAI, Shiomi (12th, 21 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Trinity GRIFFIN (USA), 10-14
60kg – KAYAMA, Yoshimi (5th, 15 entries)
R1 – df. Georgiana PAIC-FILIP (ROU) by TF, 10-0=4:27
R2 – df. Svetlana LIPATOVA (RUS), 5-2
SF – lost to Michelle FAZZARI (CAN), 4-8
F3 – lost to Jennifer PAGE (USA), 4-7
63kg – GENPEI, Ayana (10th, 19 entries)
R1 – df. Beatrice OANCEA (ROU), 7-0
R2 – lost to Therese PERSSON (SWE) by fall, 0:52 (1-4)
63kg – TAKAHASHI, Misuzu (16th, 19 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – lost to Gabriella SLEISZ (HUN), 0-6
69kg – FURUICHI, Masako (3rd, 18 entries)
R1 – bye
R2 – df. Sara STORGARD (SWE) by fall, 2:02 (8-4)
R3 – df. Anina POPESCU (ROU), 9-4
SF – lost to Randi MILLER (USA), 2-4
F3 – df. Dorothy YEATS (CAN), 10-8
75kg – SAITO, Miku (11th, 12 entries)
R1 – lost to Adeline GRAY (USA) by TF, 0-10=3:00
Cadet division
38kg – YAMAGUCHI, Ai (1st, 6 entries)
40kg – TANABE, Yumeka (1st, 3 entries)
43kg – SUSAKI, Yui (1st, 8 entries)
43kg – KOSAKA, Mizuki (2nd, 8 entries)
43kg – NAKAMURA, Miyu (3rd, 8 entries)
43kg – OTAKA, Risa (6th, 8 entries)
46kg – TANIGUCHI, Yuka (1st, 10 entries)
46kg – TANAKA, Amiru (5th, 10 entries)
49kg – KAGATA, Kika (1st, 13 entries)
49kg – TANIYAMA, Nao (2nd, 13 entries)
49kg – NANJO, Sae (4th, 13 entries)
52kg – MUKAIDA, Mayu (1st, 12 entries)
52kg – OKUNO, Haruna (2nd, 12 entries)
56kg – KAWAI, Yukako (1st, 15 entries)
56kg – KUMANO, Yuzuru (7th, 15 entries)
60kg – ENOMOTO, Misuzu (2nd, 17 entries)
65kg – MARUYAMA, Kanna (9th, 9 entries)
70kg – SHINDO, Mei (1st, 8 entries)
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