The Daily Populous Sunday July 28th, 2024 night edition
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budroid on July 27th, 2024 at 15:10 UTC »

> Garrigos defeated the 28-year-old Nagayama via ippon after a chokehold.

> The ruling came despite it appearing that Garrigos maintained the choke after the referee called matte (wait), a point when a judoka is supposed to release a hold.

> Nagayama did not agree with the call to award Garrigos the ippon. He gave a disbelieving shrug when the decision was announced, and refused to shake hands with the Spaniard or leave the mat. He appeared to make the hand gestures used to call for a replay review at one point.

> Nagayama eventually bowed to the mat and stepped down

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/olympics/2024/07/27/ryuju-nagayama-judo-loss/

very hot news. Moderate reporting so far

chahan412 on July 27th, 2024 at 15:13 UTC »

Nagayama and Garrigos were in a chokehold position when the referee made a “Mate” call.

In judo, a “Mate” (Wait) is a call for temporary stop or “reset” of a match; contestants are supposed to release a hold, then the referee gives the “Hajime” (Start) call and the match is resumed.

In this particular moment, while Nagayama already relaxed his strength, Garrigos continued to hold his choke for 3-4 seconds more after the “Mate” call, which deemed a foul play and a dangerous act in judo.

Eventually Garrigos let go. Nagayama got up, straightened his clothes and was ready to resume his match. However, since Nagayama relaxed his defense then appeared to pass out for a few seconds, instead of resuming the match, the referee instantly awarded Garrigos an “ippon”, essentially made him the winner of the match and ended Nagayama’s run for gold medal in Paris 2024.

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Edit: While the majority of r/judo agreed with the above explanation of a “mate” call and that Garrigos was in the wrong, I want to share u/Bones513, who claims to be a former competitive judo contestant, ‘s opposite opinion that might justify Garrigos’ decision to maintain his choke:

Not immediately releasing after a “mate” call is not an unsportsmanlike move in judo. If you have a move on (choke, armbar, hold down) that you think the judge can’t see, and they call “mate”, you stay in position until the judge touches you to separate. The judge can make mistakes and call “mate” without seeing you are doing something, and “mate” is most often called when the judge sees a stall in the action. They can wave off the “mate” and continue the match if they realize something is happening.

Also, the referee not visibly waving off the “mate” is a problem for spectators, but may not be an “illegal” call by the current judo rules.

Overalls, the referee should not interfere with Garrigos’ choke and making the “mate” call at inappropriate timing is the main problem. Garrigos didn’t want to lose his dominant position while Nagayama felt it’s unfair since he followed the referee’s call and dropped his choke defense flexing, which led to him losing.

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My hope is that there would be proper explanation from the Olympics committee in the days ahead 🤞🏻

eatcrayons on July 27th, 2024 at 15:43 UTC »

Why did the ref give Garrigos a point?