Judo World Championship Baku 2018 Highlights of day 2

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World Judo Championships 2018: Day 2 - Elimination

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Gold medallists - Abe siblings interview

Abe Siblings interview

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-66kg: ABE Hifumi retains his world crown minutes

after watching his sister become world champion

Defending world champion ABE Hifumi (JPN) won the second World Championships gold medal

of the day for the ABE household and for team Japan. ABE watched his sister win the -52kg title

from the warm up area just minutes before he took his place in the -66kg final. The unique

double is one of the most incredible achievements in the history of the World Championships

as the poster figures for Tokyo 2020 shared their sublime skills with the world. 

Abe siblings eye #JudoWorlds2018 victory

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-52kg: Japanese teen ABE Uta wins the senior Worlds

at her first attempt

Junior World Championships gold medallist ABE, 18, won -52kg gold on her senior Worlds debut.

The Paris Grand Slam winner maintained her unbeaten on the IJF World Judo Tour since 2016 by

winning all five of her contests by ippon. ABE, who has now won 29 contests in a row, dethroned

defending champion SHISHIME Ai (JPN) in the final with a spectacular ippon after 53 seconds of

golden score.

Uta Abe JPN Ai Shishime JPN 1:0 -52kg Final

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800 athletes - 129 nations  Azerbaijan, Baku

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