There is a tournament in Paris. During one of the semi-finals, an extremely bizarre situation took place. Priscilla Gneto and Japanese Momo Tamaoki fought in the 57 kg category. The Japanese entered the finals, but under strange circumstances.
The smartphone cost a judoka to advance to the finals
During her rival’s fight, the kimono fell out … a cell phone. The Asian woman picked it up and handed it back to the judge, who decided to disqualify the French woman. She did not protest and accepted the decision. This is surely one of the stranger ways to lose your chance to make it to the finals of the tournament. It’s hard to believe it happened. The more that Gneto is an experienced and titled competitor. She is a bronze medalist in London and world runner-up in 2018.
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– It’s done, I won’t change anything anymore. Next time I feel my pockets before I go fighting. I was summoned and instinctively I hid the phone to the judoga and stayed there. I was so concentrated that I didn’t even realize that he was there – said the French woman.
Interestingly, this is not the first such case in this discipline. Exactly the same happened in 2019 during the tournament in Baku. Men competed there – Anri Egutidze fought with Robin Pacek. After about 13 seconds, the fight was stopped because Egutidze lost his smartphone. Then everything turned out similarly. Pacek handed the phone back to the judge, who had to disqualify Egutidze.
Source: Sport
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