World No. 2 Shori Hamada won silver in the women's 78-kilogram category for Japan's only medal on Wednesday, the final day of the invitation-only International Judo Federation World Masters in Doha, Qatar.Hamada, the 2018 world champion, advanced to the final by winning all three preliminary matches by "ippon" but lost to France's Madeleine Malonga, who scored a waza-ari early with osoto-gari leg throw and kept the lead for the remainder of the contest.It was a rematch of the 2019 world championships in Tokyo won by Malonga, currently ranked No. 1 in the world in the 78-kg.In the men's over…READ FULL ARTICLE
