Canadian Shady El Nahas lost his men’s judo 100kg bronze-medal match to Jorge Fonseca of Portugal at the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday.
Défaite crève coeur pour @ShadyElNAHAS il termine 5ie Incroyable performance à ses premiers jeux
Incredible performance by Shady that finishes 5th. What a match !#judo #judocanada #Tokyo2020 pic.twitter.com/rEzbReT02V— Judo Canada (@JudoCanada) July 29, 2021
The 23-year-old El Nahas finished the competition in fifth place. He defeated Israel’s Peter Paltchik in the men’s 100kg repechage to reach the medal event earlier that day, but ended up dropping the decisive match after allowing a waza-ari.
" I thought I had him. It's a heartbroken" said @ShadyElNAHAS after losing the bronze metal to world champion #POR Fonseca.#CBColympics #Tokyo2020
— Jean-Patrick Balleux (@jpballeux) July 29, 2021
His loss marked the last judo match by a Canadian in the Tokyo 2020 Games.
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