www.judoinside.com 12/06
Nagayama WRL leader U60kg Olympic Champion Takato 17th
Grand Slam winner Ryuju Nagayama of Japan surged to the top spot of the IJF World Ranking, exhibiting remarkable victory over Naohisa Takato. Spain's former number one Francisco Garrigós is now in second place, while Ha-Rim Lee from Korea maintained a solid presence in the top three. Five time Grand Slam winner in Tokyo Takato is not even in the world ranking top ten, but wouldn’t worry and showed his respect for Nagayama.