Han Mijin Advances to Women's Judo 78kg+ Quarterfinals

Decisive Victory Over Marina Slutskaya

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Han Mijin (Chungbuk Provincial Office, world ranking 20), the heaviest weight class female judoka, continued her dream of winning an Olympic medal with an ippon victory. On the 30th, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, she defeated Marina Slutskaya of Belarus (world ranking 9) by ippon with a side control hold in the round of 16 of the women's over 78kg judo event. With 44 seconds remaining, she controlled one of her opponent's arms and neck. Han Mijin will face Irina Kindzerska of Azerbaijan (world ranking 3) in the quarterfinals.