Judo round of sixteen underway at London 2012 Summer Paralympics

August 31, 2012



London, England &mdash; The third session of featuring the  at London's ExCeL North Arena 2 got underway today at the.

Dmytro Solovey scored a point early against competitor Mohammad Ali Shanani and was quickly pinned in the men's 73 kg event. In the match on the other mat, Isao Cruz Alonso took a bit longer to defeat  competitor Rovshan Safarov.

In the second set of matches, Matthiar Krieger defeated 's Dan Powell in the round of 16 in the men's 81kg event with a pin late in the bout. On the other mat, 's Hidekatsu Takahashi defeated Aliaksandr Kazlou of with a pin and score of 111-0 in the men's 73kg event. In another match, 's Halil Ibrahim Onel defeated Germany's Sebastian Junk with a pin in the men's 73kg round of sixteen.

Quarter finals and repechages were scheduled for later in the day.