Andrews received two shido — the first after 1 minute 7 seconds; the second after 1min 42sec — for “non-combativity”. That means she was not attacking enough.
The third came around the two-minute mark after she had initially been given a point for a waza-ari after throwing her opponent to the mat.
The decision was overturned and Andrews was instead given a hansoku-make shido for a “bear hug” move. That meant a third shido and the end of the fight,
Gisborne Judo Club head coach Jason King said the “bear hug” rule was reasonably new. A player was not allowed to wrap their arms around the stomach of an opponent without at first taking grip of their gi (uniform).
King watched the bout live and thought when the initial point was reviewed, that it might be changed to an ippon in Andrews' favour.
King said it was a disappointing way to go out but they would review the fight when Andrews got back to Gisborne, and she would learn from it.
Andrews had done well in getting to Round 2, he said.
“A lot of Kiwis go to the world champs and don't get through the first round.”
Andrews advanced to Round 2 with an emphatic ippon win against Oxana Diacenco of Moldova.
She earned a waza-ari (point) at 53 seconds, then threw her opponent to the floor at 1 min 38 sec for the ippon and victory.
She picked up around 120 world ranking points for the win as she looks to qualify for the Paris Olympic Games.
Andrews, who won bronze in her division at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games will be back in Gisborne tomorrow morning.
Students from Mangapapa School — Andrews' old primary school — will be giving her a special welcome at the airport.
