Olympics judo favourite Mogushkov loses to Karimov
It was a bad day for the top seeds as Russia's Musa Mogushkov and Bundmaa Munkhbaatar of Mongolia both crashed out early in the Olympic judo competition on Sunday.
Mogushkov, a bronze medallist at the World Championships last year, was the first to fall in the men's under-66kg category to Azerbaijan's Tarlan Karimov.
Mogushkov was actually ranked number two in the world when he was selected for the Games ahead of the only man above him in the rankings, Alim Gadanov.
His defeat comes just a day after Russia had won their first Olympic judo gold medal since the break-up of the former Soviet Union in the under-60kg division through Arsen Galstyan.
The two fighters were level going into a period of golden score where Karimov countered a Mogushkov attack to land the decisive point.
Second seed Tsagaanbataar Khashbaatar of Mongolia was also beaten early as he was caught with a valley drop (tani-otoshi) counter by home favourite Colin Oates in his second bout.
But world champion Masashi Ebinuma, the third seed, breezed past Canada's Sasha Mehmedovic before squeezing past Kazakhstan's Sergey Lim in golden score.
He then reached the semis following a highly controversial clash with Cho Jun-Ho of South Korea.
The bout remained scoreless following golden score and although all three judges on the mat originally awarded the bout to Cho, the International Judo Federation Referees Commission overturned that decision and Ebinuma progressed.
He will fight Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia, who beat Oates in the quarter-finals, in the last four.
On the other side of the draw, Sugoi Uarte of Spain beat Karimov to reach the semis where he will meet three-time European champion Miklos Ungvari of Hungary.
In the women's under-52kg division Munkhbaatar beat Linouse Desravine of Haiti but was then pinned by the losing finalist at under-48kg from Beijing Yanet Bermoy Acosta of Cuba.
Just as in the men's category, the number two seed crashed out as well as world champion Misato Nakamura was beaten by An Kum-Ae of North Korea.
She had also lost to An in Beijing, the North Korean going on to take silver with Nakamura settling for bronze four years ago.
The Japanese was taken over backwards with a tani-otoshi counter for a half-point waza-ari and failed to pull back that score.
An qualified for the semi-final by beating France's Priscilla Gneto by a penalty and will face Italy's Rosalba Forciniti.
In the quarters, the Italian edged out South Korean Kim Kyung-Ok, who had ousted third seed Erika Miranda of Brazil.
Kosovan Majlinda Kelmendi, fighting under the Albanian flag as her country is not recognised by the International Olympic Committee, beat Finland's Jaana Sundberg but then made a costly error whilst leading against Christianne Legentil of Mauritius and was knocked out.
Legentil lost to Belgian veteran Ilse Heylen who will fight Bermoy Acosta in the afternoon's semi-final.
Mogushkov, a bronze medallist at the World Championships last year, was the first to fall in the men's under-66kg category to Azerbaijan's Tarlan Karimov.
Mogushkov was actually ranked number two in the world when he was selected for the Games ahead of the only man above him in the rankings, Alim Gadanov.
His defeat comes just a day after Russia had won their first Olympic judo gold medal since the break-up of the former Soviet Union in the under-60kg division through Arsen Galstyan.
The two fighters were level going into a period of golden score where Karimov countered a Mogushkov attack to land the decisive point.
Second seed Tsagaanbataar Khashbaatar of Mongolia was also beaten early as he was caught with a valley drop (tani-otoshi) counter by home favourite Colin Oates in his second bout.
But world champion Masashi Ebinuma, the third seed, breezed past Canada's Sasha Mehmedovic before squeezing past Kazakhstan's Sergey Lim in golden score.
He then reached the semis following a highly controversial clash with Cho Jun-Ho of South Korea.
The bout remained scoreless following golden score and although all three judges on the mat originally awarded the bout to Cho, the International Judo Federation Referees Commission overturned that decision and Ebinuma progressed.
He will fight Lasha Shavdatuashvili of Georgia, who beat Oates in the quarter-finals, in the last four.
On the other side of the draw, Sugoi Uarte of Spain beat Karimov to reach the semis where he will meet three-time European champion Miklos Ungvari of Hungary.
In the women's under-52kg division Munkhbaatar beat Linouse Desravine of Haiti but was then pinned by the losing finalist at under-48kg from Beijing Yanet Bermoy Acosta of Cuba.
Just as in the men's category, the number two seed crashed out as well as world champion Misato Nakamura was beaten by An Kum-Ae of North Korea.
She had also lost to An in Beijing, the North Korean going on to take silver with Nakamura settling for bronze four years ago.
The Japanese was taken over backwards with a tani-otoshi counter for a half-point waza-ari and failed to pull back that score.
An qualified for the semi-final by beating France's Priscilla Gneto by a penalty and will face Italy's Rosalba Forciniti.
In the quarters, the Italian edged out South Korean Kim Kyung-Ok, who had ousted third seed Erika Miranda of Brazil.
Kosovan Majlinda Kelmendi, fighting under the Albanian flag as her country is not recognised by the International Olympic Committee, beat Finland's Jaana Sundberg but then made a costly error whilst leading against Christianne Legentil of Mauritius and was knocked out.
Legentil lost to Belgian veteran Ilse Heylen who will fight Bermoy Acosta in the afternoon's semi-final.
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