The 2024 Asian Championships / IJF.org

Each of the continental unions has spent recent weeks making final preparations for their respective continental championships. 700 very important points for each gold medallist will be the target for some but for others it’s all about the honour of being a champion, a champion in possession of one of the five Olympic rings, the other four at stake in Paris this summer.

Warming up for the Asian Championships, Hong Kong. Photo courtesy of Judo Union of Asia and HK Sportsoho.

The Asian Championships, this year staged in Hong Kong, has just ended and the results may not be as predictable as some think. There has been strategic planning by coaches, deciding who should enter and who should conserve their fighting energy for days further down the line. Weighing up the risk versus the reward, the peak versus the recovery balance, those have been primary thoughts leading directly into the registrations for each respective event.

Team Uzbekistan. Photo courtesy of Judo Union of Asia and HK Sportsoho

Congratulations to all judoka who met their target. A full list of medal winners:

-48 kg

Gold - Baasankhu Bavuudorj (MGL)

Silver - Hyekyeong Lee (KOR)

Bronze -Kano Miyaki (JPN)

Bronze - Galiya Tynbaeva (KAZ)

-52 kg

Gold - Khorloodoi Bishrelt (UAE)

Silver - Kokoro Fujishiro (JPN)

Bronze - Diyora Keldiyorova (UZB)

Bronze - Sosorbaram Lkhagvasuren (MGL)

-57 kg

Gold - Enkhrillen Lkhagvatogoo (MGL)

Silver - Mimi Huh (KOR)

Bronze - Qi Cai (CHN)

Brozne - Akari Omori (JPN)

The -57 kg podium. Photo courtesy of Judo Union of Asia and HK Sportsoho

-63 kg

Gold - Kirari Yamaguchi (JPN)

Silver - Gankhaich Bold (MGL)

Bronze - Esmigul Kuyulova (KAZ)

Bronze - Jisu Kim (KOR)

-70 kg

Gold - Saki Niizoe (JPN)

Silver - Song Hui Mun (PRK)

Bronze - Shokhista Nazarova (UZB)

Bronze - Nyam-Erdene Batsuuri (MGL)

-78 kg

Gold - Rika Takayama (JPN)

Silver - Hyunji Yoon (KOR)

Bronze - Shu Huei Hsu Wang (TPE)

Bronze - Khuslen Othonbayar (MGL)

+78 kg

Gold - Hyeonji Lee (KOR)

Silver - Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan (MGL)

Bronze - Mao Arai (JPN)

Bronze - Ye Liang (CHN)

-60 kg

Gold - Taiki Nakamura (JPN)

Silver - Yung Wei Yang (TPE)

Bronze - Doston Ruziev (UZB)

Bronze - Tsogt-Ochir Byambajav (MGL)

The -60 kg podium. Photo courtesy of Judo Union of Asia and HK Sportsoho

-66 kg

Gold - Erkhembayar Battaogtokh (MGL)

Silver - Shinsei Hattori (JPN)

Bronze - Sardor Nurillaev (UZB)

Bronze - Zhanarys Rakhmetkali (KAZ)

-73 kg

Gold - Tatsuki Ishihara (JPN)

Silver - Murodjon Yuldoshev (UZB)

Bronze - Chol Gwang Kim (PRK)

Bronze - Eunkyul Lee (KOR)

-81 kg

Gold - Joonhwan Lee (KOR)

Silver - Nugzari Tatalashvili (UAE)

Bronze - Yuhei Oino (JPN)

Bronze - Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK)

-90 kg

Gold - Sanshiro Murao (JPN)

Silver - Altanbagana Gantulga (MGL)

Bronze - Juyeop Han (KOR)

Bronze - Erlan Sherov (KGZ)

-100 kg

Gold - Muzaffarbek Turoboyev (UZB)

Silver - Dzhafar Kostoev (UAE)

Bronze - Gonchigsuren Batkhuyag (MGL)

Bronze - Dzhakhongir Madzhidov (TJK)

Muzaffarbek Turoboyev (UZB). Photo courtesy of Judo Union of Asia and HK Sportsoho.

+100kg

Gold - Hyoga Ota (JPN)

Silver - Minjong Kim (KOR)

Bronze - Magomedomar Magomedomarov (UAE)

Bronze - Temur Rakhimov (TJK)