Sorry, this is going to be late as I haven't been able to allocate the time to watch it yet. Just putting this here for now, so I don't forget to add the results to this forum. I will update soon.
I took misses all day Sunday at I was at our local tournament helping out. Will catch up tomorrow.
That's my excuse as well.
Duesseldorf Day 3--Bronze and Gold Medal Matches
-90kg Bronze Medal Matches
Nishiyama (JPN) defeats Grossklaus (SUI) by yuko. Throw was harai goshi. Over rotation. Could have been ippon. Threw him later but over rotated again for no score. Grossklaus picked up an early shido.
Gogotchuri (GEO) throws Buffet (FRA) with an absolute monster of an ura nage for ippon in the first 35 seconds.
-78kg Bronze Medal Matches
Tcheumeo (FRA) beats Zhang (CHN) by ippon. Catches her with a beautiful ko soto gake with only 11 seconds left. Zhang had scored yuko early with osaekomi.
Powell (GBR) defeats Malonga (FRA) by ippon. Malonga gets a shido 45 seconds into the match, but then does a beautiful uchimata/o uchi gari for waza ari. She does it again a few seconds later, and this time for yuko. With 1:55 remaining, Powell gets an o goshi grip and turns into a ko uchi gari for ippon. Both -78kg bronze medalists come from behind to win their matches. As Commander Peter Quincy Taggart says "Never give up, never surrender".
-100kg Bronze Medal Matches
Naidan (MGL) gets the ippon victory over Samoilovich (RUS). This match was god awful as they were tied at 3 shidos each with about a minute remaining. Naidan hits a drop knee seoinage with 55 seconds on the clock, he gets nearly 30 seconds to pass the legs of Samoilovich, and he does. Osaekomi is called, the other waza ari is on the board, and wazari awasete ippon goes Naidan with 9 seconds on the clock.
Bucarini (BRA) beats Frey (GER) by ippon. He got finished with an ude garami at the 4:39 mark. Early shidos to both players, and somewhere about 2:00 into the match Bucarini scores yuko with seoi nage. With less than a minute to go, Frey tries a numbskull sutemi waza that does nothing except let Bucarini get in a position to execute the ude garami about 15 seconds later.
+78kg Bronze Medal Matches
Kuelbs (GER) defeats Polavder (SLO) by ippon. Great crowd pleasing uchimata comes at the 1:48 mark. Polavder had an earlier shido.
Yu (CHN) defeats Weiss (GER) by ippon. She pinned her about 2:30 into the match. Had scored yuko in the first 34 seconds with an osoto gari. Followed up with a drop knee seoinage for yuko score that led into the osae komi.
+100kg
Silva (BRA) defeated Harasawa (JPN) by yuko. Scored with uchimata. Harasawa had 3 shidos. Hard to get past the Giant Silva double lapel grip. As usual, a very boring Rafael Silva fight. God forbid this guy becomes the king of +100kg. Hopefully, Teddy stays around a long time.
Okruashvili (GEO) crushed his teammate Matiashvili (GEO). I mean that literally. Scored yuko around the 1:40 mark with ko soto gake. Then gets a waza ari on a counter, looks something like a tani otoshi. Matiashvili cannot continue, and match is awarded to Okruashvili.
Finals
-90kg Gold Medal Match
Ilias Iliadis (GRE) vs Noel Van T End (NED)
Double shidos 33 seconds into the match. Iliadis picks up a second for negative grip at 1:01. Van T End picks up his second one around 90 seconds into the match for stepping outside. At 2:09 Van T End picks up a passivity shido and is down 3-2 in penalties. Iliadis with his 3rd at 2:31. With 26 seconds left, Iliadis throws Van T End with uchimata for a called waza ari, but downgraded to yuko. No more scores. Iliadis (GRE) beats Van T End (NED) by yuko and wins the -90kg division.
-78kg Gold Medal Match
Luise Malzahn (GER) faces Anamari Velensek (SLO)
Malzahn draws first blood scoring yuko with ko soto gake around the 1:40 mark. Malzahn picks up a shido near the end of the match, and that is all there is to say about that. Malzahn (GER) defeats Velensek (SLO) by yuko and takes the gold medal.
-100kg Gold Medal Match.
Maxim Rakov (KAZ) versus Luciano Correa (BRA)
Luciano Correa takes the title by fusen sho. Rakov cannot come out after being injured in the semi-finals.
+78kg Gold Medal Match
Konitz (GER) goes up against Megumi Tachimoto (JPN)
Last chance for a German gold medal for today and for the tournament. Tachimoto has to be the favorite. Be that as it may, it is pretty even for the first two minutes. But not for long, a few seconds later, Tachimoto throws Konitz for yuko and follows up with osaekomi for the ippon. Throw was ashi guruma more than harai goshi IMO. Tachimoto (JPN) defeats Konitz (GER) by ippon and is the queen of the +78kg division in Duesseldorf.
+100kg Gold Medal Match
Daiki Kamikawa (JPN) faces Faicel Jaballah (TUN)
As great as the Travis Stevens match was for an ending on Day 2, this is the other end of the spectrum. Not going to waste too many pixels on this. Kamikawa (JPN) beats Jaballah (TUN) by hansoku make. It was 4-2 in shidos and the referee puts the crowd out of their misery at the 3:32 mark.
Day 3 Finals and Bronze Medal Matches Statistics
Total Matches 15
Total Ippon 9
Total Waza Ari 0
Total Yuko 4
Total Hansoku Make 1
Total Fusen Sho 1
Breakdown of Ippons
Total Tachi waza 5
Total Katame waza 4
Breakdown of Katame Waza
Osae waza 3
Kansetsu Waza 1
Ippons by Gender
Male 4 (3 divisions)
Female 5
Breakdown of Ippons by Gender
Male Tachiwaza 2
Male Osae Waza 1
Male Kansetsu Waza 1
Female Tachiwaza 3
Female Osae Waza 2
Duesseldorf Grand Prix Days 1-3 Statistics
Total Matches 42
Total Ippons 22
Total Waza Ari 5
Total Yuko 6
Total Shido 5
Total Hansoku Make 2
Total Fusen Sho 2
Breakdown of Ippons
Total Tachiwaza 13
Total Katame Waza 9
Breakdown of Katame Waza
Osae Waza 7
Kansetsu Waza 2
Ippons by Gender
Male 10
Female 12
Breakdown of Ippons by Gender
Male Tachiwaza 7
Male Osae waza 2
Male Kansetsu Waza 1
Female Tachiwaza 6
Female Osae Waza 5
Female Kansetsu Waza 1
Duesseldorf Day 3 Statistics for Matches Decided by Penalties
Preliminaries
-78kg
Total Matches 22
Total Shido 2
Total Hansoku Make 1
+78kg
Total Matches 19
Total Shido 2
Total Hansoku Make 0
-90kg
Total Matches 28
Total Shido 2
Total Hansoku Make 2 (1 direct)
-100kg
Total Matches 18
Total Shido 5
Total Hansoku Make 1
+100kg
Total Matches 19
Total Shido 2
Total Hansoku Make 3
Total All Preliminaries
Total Matches 106
Total Shido 13
Total Hansoku Make 7
Shido Pctg 12.3%
Hansoku Make Pctg 6.7%
Total Penalty Pctg 18.9% (difference is rounding)
Total Preliminaries and Finals Block Day 3
Total Matches 121
Total Shido 13
Total Hansoku Make 8 (1 direct)
Shido Pctg 10.7%
Hansoku Make Pctg 6.6%
Total Penalty Pctg 17.3%
Duesseldorf Days 1-3 Statistics for Matches Decided by Penalties
Preliminaries
Total Matches 367
Total Shido 48
Total Hansoku Make 28 (5 direct)
Total Shido Pctg 13.1%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 7.6%
Total Penalty Pctg 20.7%
Finals Block
Total Matches 42
Total Shido 5
Total Hansoku Make 2
Total Shido Pctg 11.9%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 4.8%
Total Penalty Pctg 16.7%
Total Preliminaries and Finals
Total Matches 409
Total Shido 53
Total Hansoku Make 30
Total Shido Pctg 13.0%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 7.3%
Total Penalty Pctg 20.3%
Duesseldorf Days 1-3 Statistics For Matches Decided by Penalties (continued)
Totals Per Gender
Male Preliminaries
Total Matches 212
Total Shidos 27
Total Hansoku Make 18
Total Shido Pctg 12.7%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 8.5%
Total Penalty Pctg 21.2%
Male Finals
Total Matches 21
Total Shidos 1
Total Hansoku Make 1
Total Shido Pctg 4.8%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 4.8%
Total Penalty Pctg 9.5% (difference is rounding)
Male Preliminary and Finals
Total Matches 233
Total Shidos 28
Total Hansoku Make 19
Total Shido Pctg 12.0%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 8.2%
Total Penalty Pctg 20.2%
Female Preliminaries
Total Matches 155
Total Shidos 21
Total Hansoku Make 10
Total Shido Pctg 13.5%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 6.5%
Total Penalty Pctg 20.0%
Female Finals
Total Matches 21
Total Shidos 4
Total Hansoku Make 1
Total Shido Pctg 19.0%
Total Hansoku Make 4.8%
Total Penalty Pctg 23.8%
Female Preliminary and Finals
Total Matches 176
Total Shido 25
Total Hansoku Make 11
Total Shido Pctg 14.2%
Total Hansoku Make Pctg 6.3%
Total Penalty Pctg 20.5%
Great analysis as usual. The match Okruashvili (GEO) crushed his teammate Matiashvili (GEO). That kosoto gake took out the knee. Dropping his 300 lbs straight down and hooking the leg the from the side so the opponent can't turn and get his leg out should be banned. Otherwise the matches were somewhat entertaining. Some high level skills displayed by Nishiyama, Naidan and Iliadis and the new comer Bucarini. thanks
I think Iliadis is going to have a rough quadrennial, and he is one of my favorite players of all time. The rules are truly negating a big part of his gripping game. He is often perilously close to getting penaltied out in big matches.
Was it a ko soto gake on the last score by Okruashvili? I only watched it once and thought it looked like a tani otoshi. Should have looked closer. First throw was definitely ko soto gake.
I thought the Naidan match was awful till the drop knee seoi nage. That was pretty. I was surprised at how long they let him go to secure the osae komi. If you aren't practicing newaza, you are taking a big risk these days in elite competition. That's another issue that I think might hurt Iliadis as it seems to me that newaza skills of the players are ramping quickly. I am conflicted on this. I will bet that you will see many new spectacular ground attacks coming out of the 200 judo nations. That's great. But for myself, I prefer tachiwaza way more than newaza. Glad I don't have to compete these days.
I still believe the elite throwers like Nishiyama/Iliadis will always be in the game to end since they can end the match anytime particularly near the end of the match. Naidan on the ground is a match for anyone. Those with throwing skills just below guys like Nishyama/Iliadis can improve their chances with excellent mat skills. Look how Travis has made himself more dangerous with his mat skills. Not a thrower in the class of Iliadis/Nishiyama but his judo game is more dangerous adding the sacrifice throws and follow-up ground work. More ways for him to win.