2023-05-14 19:27:50
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The French mixed team won the silver medal by losing against Japan (3-4) in the final of the mixed team event of the World Judo Championships, this Sunday, May 14 in Doha. The French won the first two points thanks to Joan-Benjamin Gaba, expeditious against the experienced Soichi Hashimoto by inflicting an ippon on him early in the fight, and Margaux Pinot, who surprised Saki Niizoe by countering his attack during the golden score. Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou, very active against Goki Tajima, was then surprised in extra time when the two judokas each had two penalties. Coralie Hayme pushed Maya Segawa to a third penalty in the golden score to widen the gap again for France, before Tatsuru Saito quickly cracked Joseph Terhec on penalties. Sarah-Léonie Cysique fell short of knocking down Haruka Funakubo, before making a mistake and suffering an ippon. The two countries being neck and neck (3-3), Margaux Pinot was drawn for the decisive match and presented herself once again against Saki Niizoe. The Frenchwoman thought she had overthrown her opponent after 5 minutes of golden score, before her attack was judged and then penalized by the referee. She then lost the fight by suffering a 3rd penalty against the Japanese.
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