Zaeilgyopo An Changrim Advances to Round of 16 After Defeating Rio Olympic Champion

Golden Score 4 minutes 33 seconds, Half An Dari Hoorigi

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Third-generation Zainichi Korean judo athlete An Changrim (KH Group Philux) advanced to the round of 16 by defeating the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic gold medalist. On the 26th, in the round of 32 of the men's 73kg judo event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, he defeated Italy's Fabio Basile with an andari-furigi half-point at 4 minutes 33 seconds into the golden score (overtime). Basile was a strong competitor who won the 66kg category at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics by defeating An Baul (Namyangju City Hall). Although he moved up one weight class for this tournament, he suffered a bitter defeat in the first round.

An Changrim is a rising star who won the All Japan Student Championships in 2013 when he was a sophomore at Tsukuba University. He declined the Japanese Judo Federation's request for naturalization and moved to Korea in 2014 to wear the Taeguk mark. To win a medal in this tournament, he must overcome Japan's Ono Shohei, a formidable opponent whom An Changrim has faced six times without a single victory.

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