China’s Tang Jing and Philippines’ Kiyomi Watanabe (Blue) compete in the judo women’s -63kg round of 32 bout of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Champ-de-Mars Arena, in Paris on July 30, 2024. (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines—China’s Tang Jing quickly repulsed any hopes for a Team Philippines medal finish in the women’s judo competition at the Paris Olympics 2024.
In the women’s -63kg elimination round of 32, Tang quickly disposed of Filipino bet Kiyomi Watanabe with an ippon at Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Tuesday afternoon (Manila time).
In a show of strength, Tang needed just 51 seconds to end Watanabe’s campaign at the Paris Olympics.
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Watanabe suffered back-to-back quick exits in the Summer Games after she lasted only 38 seconds in her opening match in Tokyo three years ago.
Watanabe entered the competition ranked 92 while Tang was in the upper echelon of women judokas as the 22nd-ranked athlete.
Watanabe earned her Paris ticket via qualification through the continental quota. The Cebuana secured one of two Asian quotas in the women’s -63kg division.