According to IRNA’s reporter, on the second day of the judo competition of the Solidarity Games of Islamic Countries in the city of Konya, Turkey, seven representatives of Iran competed on the tatami in 2 divisions, men and women, but there was no success and no medal, so the Iranian team was left empty-handed in the individual division.
“Maryam Berbat”, a judoka from Hamadani and the main chance of winning a medal for the women’s national judo team, could not succeed and even though she had the opportunity to get a bronze medal, she did not achieve this goal.
Berbat had a stormy start in the minus 70 kg weight of these competitions and in the first match with an attractive and spectacular show, he defeated the representative of Senegal in one minute and 53 seconds, and the audience in the hall cheered him for his beautiful show.
In the continuation of his beautiful and attractive fights, he faced “Bayami” Judkar of Cameroon and won the second Ipon against his opponent.
Berbat, who has the silver medal of the Asian Youth Championships, faced an opponent from Uzbekistan in the third match and before the final, and after losing this match against his opponent, he entered the table of chances again.
To get the bronze medal, he faced Nazarova from Uzbekistan, and against this judoka who has the bronze medal of the Asian Championship. He failed and did not get the bronze medal.
According to IRNA’s report, Maryam Berbat, a female judoka of Hamadani, made history in August 2018 by winning the silver medal of the Asia-Pacific Youth Championship.
This proud lady of minus 70 kg weight of our country’s national team won the silver medal of the 2019 Asia-Pacific Championship, and was the first Iranian lady judoka to win a silver medal in the youth competition.
Barbat made history in this weight and became the first female finalist in the history of Iranian judo in the Asian Championship.