A match that lasted less than the official presentation of the two judoka. Seven seconds after the beginning, Aminova executed a kind of tani o toshi that eliminated a Canadian who had not yet started to sweat.
We had then the fastest, as well as the longest match, the final marathon in the -52kg category between Italian Veronica Toniolo and Russian Liliia Nugaeva on day-2. Four minutes of contest and almost eleven of golden score that kept the crowd on the edge of their seats.
At 12.32 am, we had to change our story. In the women -63kg, Belgium and world number one Alessia Corrao scored ippon against Chinese Taipei Lai Ruo-Ting in five seconds, five!!!!
Maybe she was jealous on Aminova, maybe Lai was not really ready.
A victory is worth the same, no matter the time taken to get it. What the matches between Aminova and Westlake and Correa versus Lai have demonstrated is that you must stay focused from the very beginning in order to, at least, sweat a little.