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

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Gold Yuan Yanping
  China
Silver Deanne Silva
  Brazil
Bronze Irina Kalyanova
  Russia
Zoubida Bouazoug
  Algeria

Tournament results

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Three judokas disqualified from Beijing Paralympics for failing medical classification". Xinhua News Agency. 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
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