South Korea's Kang Heon-cheol and North Korea's Kim Chul-kwang go head-to-head in the men's 73 kg category
Han Hee-joo, KOR - Moon Sung-hee, DPRK, Women's 70 kg
The second day of judo at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games continues with a North-South clash.
Kim Chol Kwang (DPRK) defeated Karim Abdullaeb 섯다 (UAE) by half-bout to advance to the round of 32 in the men's 73 kg judo competition at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Friday at the Xiaoshan Linfu Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China.
Kim will face Kang Heon-cheol (Yongin City Hall), who is also in the Round of 16 by default, for a ticket to the quarterfinals.
Kim was a member of the South Korean single team at the 2018 World Championships. This time around, 카지노사이트랭크 they will meet as "enemies" to determine the winner.
There were no North Korean supporters in attendance. 온라인섯다 Only a few North Korean officials watched from the stands, waving flags.
The day before, nine cheerleaders with large banners had traveled to the stadium in the morning to cheer on the North Korean athletes, and in the afternoon, three women with papers printed with messages such as "Our player" and "Win!" and banners stood in the stands.
It was the second inter-Korean judo clash of the day.
In the women's 70kg round of 16, Han Hee-joo (KH Pilux) faces North Korea's Moon Sung-hee.
Han, who won a bronze medal in the women's 63-kilogram category at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games, will be aiming for a higher spot on the podium this time around.
This will be the second consecutive day of North-South competition in judo.
The previous day, Ahn Paul (Namyangju City Hall) defeated North Korea's Ri Keum Sung in the men's 66-kilogram round of 16 in an overtime thriller.
It was the first South Korean victory at the Games. 고스톱
