Ukrainian judoist Artem bloshenko took fourth place in the category up to 100 kg.
In the first fight from Donetsk confidently coped with the Uzbek Soyibo Kurbonova – Bloshenko in the third minute of the fight did IPPON ahead of schedule and followed to the next round.
For the 1/8 final Bloshenko struggled with the first representative of Pakistan in the Olympic judo tournament Shah Hussain Shah. Ukrainian did not prolong the fight, make an IPPON in the second minute.
Defeating the Pakistani Bloshenko has already updated a personal record at the Olympic games, but progress on the European champion 2011 stay was not going. In the 1/8 finals IPPON in the second minute allowed Artyom to pass the winner of University games-2016 Korean Guama Cho.
At the quarter-final stage Bloshenko in heavy five-minute fight he was stronger than the German Karl-Richard Frai. Ukrainian in the third minute made YUKO, and then successfully defended his minimal advantage.
In the semi-final Bloshenko opposed the Azerbaijani Elmar Gasimov, ranked first in the world ranking. Ukrainians actively led the fight, but missed a counterattack and lost by IPPON.
For the bronze medal of the Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro Bloshenko competed with the Japanese ryunosuke Chagoi. Alas, Bloshenko missed receiving pain and lost the bronze fight.
