Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's +70 kg

The women's +70 kg judo competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on September 9 at the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium. Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 pm CST. Repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals, and the final were held at 5:30 pm CST.

This event was the heaviest of the women's judo weight classes, allowing competitors with over 70 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.

A total of seven judokas competed in the event. An eighth competitor, Anayasi Hernandez of Cuba, was disqualified for failing a pre-match medical exam.[1] Her first round bout against Zoubida Bouazoug of Algeria was canceled, and Bouazoug received a bye into the next round.

Medalists

GoldYuan Yanping
 China
SilverDeanne Silva
 Brazil
BronzeIrina Kalyanova
 Russia
Zoubida Bouazoug
 Algeria

Tournament results

First Round Semifinals Final
         
 Zoubida Bouazoug (ALG)
Bye
 Zoubida Bouazoug (ALG) 0000
 Yuan Yanping (CHN) 1010
 Irina Kalyanova (RUS) 00004
 Yuan Yanping (CHN) 1000
 Yuan Yanping (CHN) 1010
 Deanne Silva (BRA) 0000
 Sara de Pinies (ESP) 0010
 Deanne Silva (BRA) 1000
 Deanne Silva (BRA) 1011
 Rikei Komatsu (JPN) 00001
 Rikei Komatsu (JPN) 1011
 Celine Manzuoli (FRA) 0010

Repechage

Semifinals   Bronze medal finals
 
 Irina Kalyanova (RUS)      
Bye        Irina Kalyanova (RUS) 0201
     Rikei Komatsu (JPN) 00001
 
     Sara de Pinies (ESP) 0001
 Sara de Pinies (ESP) 1030      Zoubida Bouazoug (ALG) 02011
 Celine Manzuoli (FRA) 0000    

References

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