Men's -81kg
Our athlete in this division is Brenton Sim, who is in Pool B, drawn against Vietnam's Nguyen Huu Hung. This can be considered quite a good draw as Nguyen, 20, is not very experienced in international competition.
The top competitors in this division are Gary Chow of Singapore, Masayuki Terada of Thailand and Horas Manurung of Indonesia.
Chow and Terada are drawn together in Pool A so that should be an exciting match. Should Brenton get past his first round, he would go up against the winner of Pool A's first round.
Chow, 27, is the best prospect from Singapore but he will have a tough battle on his hands with Terada, who is only 21-years old but has a wealth of international competition experience, having competed in several Grand Slams, World Cups, Asian Championships and the Asian Games. He is moving up from -73kg though.
Another very experience player is Indonesia's Horas Manurung, 30, who has competed in some IJF events (Grand Prix, Grand Slam), Asian Championships and the Asian Games. Unlike Terada who moved up from -73kg, Manurung is coming down from -90kg.
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