Klimkait, the reigning world champion from Whitby, Ont., advanced to the quarter-finals in the women’s under-57 kilogram by beating Bulgaria’s Ivelina Ilieva
Jessica Klimkait of Canada in action against Ivelina Ilieva of Bulgaria at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on July 26, 2021.Canadian judoka Jessica Klimkait advanced to the quarter-finals in the women’s under-57 kilogram category Monday at theKlimkait, the reigning world champion from Whitby, Ont., defeated Bulgaria’s Ivelina Ilieva by ippon at the Nippon Budokan.Quarter-final losers will fall into the repechage round for a chance at bronze later in the day.
In the men’s under-73 kilogram category, Arthur Margelidon of Montreal defeated Saudi Arabia’s Sulaiman Hamad by waza-ari. Margelidon will face Kazakhstan’s Zhansay Smagulov in the round of 16.and follow all of the news, features and opinion in the leadup to the Summer Games in Tokyo.
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