KYODO – Olympic gold medalist Mashu Baker will skip this week’s Dusseldorf Grand Slam due to a right hamstring injury, the All Japan Judo Federation said Tuesday.
Baker, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic champion in the men’s 90-kilogram division, will miss the three-day meet in Germany. The competition is a qualifier for this summer’s world championships in Tokyo.
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