Judo, forgets mobile phone in kimono during bout: athlete disqualified

The Baku Grand Slam by Judoheld in Azerbaijan in recent days, will go down in history for an unusual episode that is making the rounds on the web. The meeting between the Portuguese Anri Egutidze and the Swede Robin PacekIn fact, he was interrupted after not even fifteen seconds of fighting.

While the two athletes were still studying each other, waiting to try to complete their first moves, the unthinkable happened, something that had never been seen on a tatami, let alone in any other discipline. At a certain point in the bout, from the kimono of the Lusitanian fell a mobilehis smartphone staff. Right under the watchful eye of the cameras and the stunned eyes of his opponent, who let go to pick up his mobile phone and hand it over to the judge.

The rule in the judo is clear: it is categorically forbidden for judokas to carry any object on the tatami. For this came the immediate disqualification: hansoku-make. Anri Egutidze despaired, perhaps aware that this 'forgetfulness' cost him the passage of the round. So much so that despite attempts to make the judges retrace their steps, the disqualification was not lifted.

Meanwhile, the Swede, without completing the fight, qualified for the semifinals of the judo for the 81 kg category. Fight won, but in the final he had to deal with the Georgian Tato Grigalashvili, against which there was nothing to be done. However, a second place remains, facilitated by the 'irresponsible' use of a mobile phone.