<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngaphambi kwama-Olympic Asehlobo ka-2008 eBeijing, uBlas wayethole impumelelo ezingeni lamazwe ngamazwe kwezokulwa nge-judo, ethole indondo yethusi kuma-Pacific Games ka-2003 no-2007, futhi wayebhekwa njengegama elaziwayo eGuam. Ukuya emdlalweni wabesilisa osindayo emidlalweni wayeke waba ngowesikhombisa esigabeni sama-100 kg emidlalweni  <response>: Umqhudelwano Wamazwe Omhlaba we-Judo ka-2007. Wayekhethiwe futhi ukuba aphathe ifulegi leqembu lezwe lakhe elalinamalungu ayisithupha. Ngokwesisindo esibhalwe ngokusemthethweni sika-9,5 kg, wayengumncintiswano onzima kunabo bonke hhayi kuphela kuma-Olimpiki aseBeijing, kodwa cishe kunoma yimiphi imidlalo yama-Olimpiki yanamuhla, njengoba edlula irekhodi langaphambilini le-Olimpiki ngesisindo esingu-9,5 kg. Walahlekelwa umjaho wakhe wokuqala noLasha Gujejiani waseGeorgia, wathola inhlawulo yokuchitha isikhathi, futhi kamuva wathi wavele wabanda. Wafanelekela ukubuyela emuva ngoba uGujejiani wafinyelela kuma-semifinals omncintiswano omkhulu, kodwa wanqotshwa nguDaniel McCormick wase-United States, esephinde wahlawuliswa, kulokhu ngenxa yokuphuma emingceleni emasekhondi angu-30 okugcina. Ngo-2009 wabekwa endaweni yesibili, ngemuva kukaCedric Medeuf waseFrance emcimbini wamadoda we-100 kg ku-US Open walowo nyaka. 