The host team had plenty to cheer about as Georgia came away with the most medals at the Tbilisi (GEO) Grand Prix, although France won the most classes.
Georgia’s Lukhumi Chkhvimiani (-60 kg) and Levani Matiashvili (+100 kg) scored victories, and the Georgian team collected 10 medals in all (2-2-6).
France got wins from Guillaume Chaine (-73 kg) among the men’s classes, and Melanie Clement (-48 kg) and Julia Tolofua (+78 kg) in the women’s division. The French had seven medals all told (3-1-3), with the Netherlands third with six (2-1-3). Summaries:
IJF World Tour/Tibilisi Grand Prix
Tbilisi (GEO) ~ 30-31 March 2019
(Full results here)
Men
-60 kg: 1. Lukhumi Chkhvimiani (GEO); 2. Walide Khyar (FRA); 3. Jaba Papinashvili (GEO) and Sharafuddin Lutfillaev (UZB).
-66 kg: 1. Tal Flicker (ISR); 2. Giorgi Tutashvili (GEO); 3. Bagrati Niniashvili (GEO) and Daniel Perez Roman (ESP).
-73 kg: 1. Guillaume Chaine (FRA); 2. Magdiel Estrada (CUB); 3. Denis Iartcev (RUS) and Valeri Iashvili (GEO).
-81 kg: 1. Frank de Wit (NED); 2. Timo Cavelius (GER); 3. Antoine Valois-Fortier (CAN) and Tato Grigalashvili (GEO).
-90 kg: 1. Ivan Felipe Silva Morales (CUB); 2. Giorgi Papunashvili (GEO); 3. Altanbagana Gantulga (MGL) and Beka Gviniashvili (GEO).
-100 kg: 1. Kazbek Zankishiev (RUS); 2. Rafael Buzacarini (BRA); 3. Michael Korrel (NED) and Mukhammadkarim Khurramov (UZB).
+100 kg: 1. Levani Matiashvili (GEO); 2. Aliaksandr Vakhaviak (BLR); 3. Onise Bughadze (GEO) and Roy Meyer (NED).
Women
-48 kg: 1. Melanie Clement (FRA); 2. Daria Bilodid (UKR); 3. Nathalia Brigida (BRA) and Urantsetseg Munkhbat (MGL).
-52 kg: 1. Odette Giuffrida (ITA); 2. Gili Cohen (ISR); 3. Larissa Pimenta (BRA) and Astride Gneto (FRA).
-57 kg: 1. Nora Gjakova (KOS); 2. Rafaela Silva (FRA); 3. Sanne Verhagen (NED) and Helene Receveaux (FRA).
-63 kg: 1. Sanne Vermeer (NED); 2. Geke van den Berg (NED); 3. Martyna Trajdos (GER) and Maylin del Toro Carvajal (CUB).
-70 kg: 1. Barbara Timo (POR); 2. Laura Vargas Koch (GER); 3. Maria Perez (PUR) and Alice Bellandi (ITA).
-78 kg: 1. Loriana Kuka (KOS); 2. Kaliema Antomarchi (CUB); 3. Fanny Estelle Posvite (FRA) and Patricia Sampaio (POR).
+78 kg: 1. Julia Tolofua (FRA); 2. Beatriz Sousa (BRA); 3. Maryna Slutskaya (BLR) and Rochele Nunes (POR).
