The men's 81 kg
judo
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competition at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
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was held on 28 August 2021 at the
Nippon Budokan
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.
Japan's
Aramitsu Kitazono was scheduled to compete in the round of 16 event of the men's 81 kg category. However, he was forced to withdraw at the last minute two days before his scheduled event after sustaining injuries to his head and legs during an accident which happened on 26 August 2021 at the Paralympics athletes village. It was revealed that Aramitsu was hit by an e-Pallette driverless vehicle when he was walking on the
Pedestrian crossing
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and the vehicle was blamed for its technical fault.
His opponent
Dmytro Solovey
Dmytro Solovey (born 28 September 1993) is a visually impaired Ukrainian Paralympic judoka. He represented Ukraine at the Summer Paralympics in 2012, 2016 and 2021. He won two medals: the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event in 2012 and the silv ...
of Ukraine automatically qualified to the quarterfinals as a result of Aramitsu's late withdrawal.
Results
Bracket
Repechage
References
External links
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Draw Sheet
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Judo at the Summer Paralympics Men's Half Middleweight