Sumo at the 2022 World Games
Sumo at the 2022 World Games | |
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Venue | Boutwell Auditorium Birmingham, United States |
Dates | 9–10 July |
No. of events | 8 |
The sumo competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022,[1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Boutwell Auditorium; the lightweight, middleweight, and heavyweight events were held on July 9 and the openweight events were held on July 10.
Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
The Egyptian sumo team was banned from competing in the remaining sumo events after "poor sportsmanship".[3]
Medal table[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
2 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
3 | Egypt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
6 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Medalists[edit]
Men[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight | Abdelrahman El-Sefy Egypt | Demid Karachenko Ukraine | Sviatoslav Semykras Ukraine |
Middleweight | Vazha Daiauri Ukraine | Shion Fujisawa Japan | Aron Rozum Poland |
Heavyweight | Hidetora Hanada Japan | Daiki Nakamura Japan | Rui Júnior Brazil |
Openweight | Daiki Nakamura Japan | Baasandorjiin Badral Mongolia | Oleksandr Veresiuk Ukraine |
Women[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight | Yuka Okutomi Japan | Miku Yamanaka Japan | Magdalena Macios Poland |
Middleweight | Sakura Ishii Japan | Karyna Kolesnik Ukraine | Monika Skibra Poland |
Heavyweight | Svitlana Yaromka Ukraine | Ivanna Berezovska Ukraine | Airi Hisano Japan |
Openweight | Ivanna Berezovska Ukraine | Hiyori Kon Japan | Svitlana Yaromka Ukraine |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "The World Games 2022 Sports programme". Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO AVOID TOKYO OLYMPIC CLASH". reuters.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.