Judo at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games opened on 30 September with the men's -60 kg and -66 kg and the women's -48 kg and -52 kg, four categories and 64 judoka. Japan took two golds, Uzbekistan and Mongolia one each, and the two Japanese winners share the family name Kondo.
Men's -60 kg: KONDO Hayato wins gold
Twenty judoka entered. KONDO Hayato of Japan beat SMETOV Yeldos of Kazakhstan in the final. In the semi-finals KONDO beat KUCHKAROV Samariddin of Uzbekistan and SMETOV beat YANG Yung Wei of Chinese Taipei. MA Yulin of China and KUCHKAROV took bronze: MA Yulin beat YANG Yung Wei in the bronze-medal contest and KUCHKAROV beat KUDBUDINOV Loiq of Tajikistan.
Men's -66 kg: KAZIRBYEK Yolk wins gold
Twenty judoka entered. KAZIRBYEK Yolk of Mongolia beat NUTFULLOEV Abdurakhim of Uzbekistan in the final. In the semi-finals KAZIRBYEK beat KYRGYZBAYEV Gusman of Kazakhstan and NUTFULLOEV beat KIM Channyeong of Korea. BOQIEV Sukhrob of Bahrain and XUE Ziyang of China took bronze: BOQIEV beat KIM Channyeong and XUE Ziyang beat KYRGYZBAYEV in the bronze-medal contests.
Women's -48 kg: KONDO Mitsuki wins gold
Eleven judoka entered. KONDO Mitsuki of Japan beat ABUZHAKYNOVA Abiba of Kazakhstan in the final. In the semi-finals KONDO beat GANBAATAR Narantsetseg of Mongolia and ABUZHAKYNOVA beat LIN Chen-Hao of Chinese Taipei. MUMINOVA Akhliya of Tajikistan and GANBAATAR took bronze: MUMINOVA beat LIN Chen-Hao and GANBAATAR beat DEY Asmita of India in the bronze-medal contests.
Women's -52 kg: KADAMBOEVA Sita wins gold
Thirteen judoka entered. KADAMBOEVA Sita of Uzbekistan beat JANG Seyun of Korea in the final. In the semi-finals KADAMBOEVA beat BAYANMUNKH Uranzaya of Mongolia and JANG beat FUJISHIRO Kokoro of Japan. XU Aoyu of China and FUJISHIRO took bronze: XU Aoyu beat BAYANMUNKH and FUJISHIRO beat SARSENOVA Meruyert of Kazakhstan in the bronze-medal contests.
Medals by delegation on day one
- Japan — 2 gold, 1 bronze: KONDO Hayato (men's -60 kg, gold), KONDO Mitsuki (women's -48 kg, gold), FUJISHIRO Kokoro (women's -52 kg, bronze)
- Uzbekistan — 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze: KADAMBOEVA Sita (women's -52 kg, gold), NUTFULLOEV Abdurakhim (men's -66 kg, silver), KUCHKAROV Samariddin (men's -60 kg, bronze)
- Mongolia — 1 gold, 1 bronze: KAZIRBYEK Yolk (men's -66 kg, gold), GANBAATAR Narantsetseg (women's -48 kg, bronze)
- Kazakhstan — 2 silver: SMETOV Yeldos (men's -60 kg), ABUZHAKYNOVA Abiba (women's -48 kg)
- Korea — 1 silver: JANG Seyun (women's -52 kg)
- China — 3 bronze: MA Yulin (men's -60 kg), XUE Ziyang (men's -66 kg), XU Aoyu (women's -52 kg)
- Tajikistan — 1 bronze: MUMINOVA Akhliya (women's -48 kg)
- Bahrain — 1 bronze: BOQIEV Sukhrob (men's -66 kg)
What comes next
Preliminaries start at 10:00 Hong Kong time and the final block at 16:00.
- 1 October — men's -73 kg and -81 kg; women's -57 kg, -63 kg and -70 kg
- 2 October — men's -90 kg, -100 kg and +100 kg; women's -78 kg and +78 kg
- 3 October — mixed team event, the last day of the judo programme