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MONTREAL, Canada - U.S. athletes earned gold medals in five of 10 divisions contested on Saturday (Oct. 27) at the Rendez-Vous Canada, a USA Judo Senior B-Level Point Tournament here.
Kenny Hashimoto (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) won his second consecutive Rendez-Vous title in the 66kg division, defeating top-ranked American Taylor Takata (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) in the finals.
Hashimoto was down by a yuko (quarter-point), but when Takata went in for a harai goshi (hip throw), Hashimoto countered him with a throw for ippon to win gold.
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Earlier in the day, Hashimoto earned a key win for the Americans when he beat again came back from being down by points to throw Sasha Mehmedovic (CAN) for ippon. Mehmedovic, a seventh-place finisher at the World Championships in September, beat Takata in the finals of the U.S. Open last week as well as defeating World Team member Justin Flores (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center) in the quarter-finals.
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