The IJF World Tour is in Georgia this week, with 371 judoka from 52 nations in the Tbilisi Grand Prix, to be held beginning Friday in the 3,000-seat New Sports Palace.
The only top-ranked entry is Mongolia’s Urantsetseg Munkhbat, in the -48 k category; the only no. 2-ranked competitor is Kosovo’s Nora Gjakova at -57 kg. The top seeds, along with their IJF World Rankings:
Men:
● –60 kg:
1. Sharafuddin Lutfillaev (UZB: 9)
2. Lukhumi Chkhvimiani (GEO: 10)
3. Boldbaatar Ganbat (MGL: 16)
● -66 kg:
1. Tal Flicker (ISR: 5)
2. Kherlen Ganbold (MGL: 13)
3. Altansukh Dovdon (MGL: 14)
● -73 kg:
1. Tommy Macias (SWE: 4)
2. Odbayar Ganbaatar (MGL: 6)
3. Denis Iartcev (RUS: 18)
● -81 kg:
1. Frank de Wit (NED: 3)
2. Alan Khubetsov (RUS: 7)
3. Anri Egutidze (POR: 13)
● -90 kg:
1. Aleksandar Kukolj (SRB: 3)
2. Ivan Felipe Silva Morales (CUB: 5)
3. Nemanja Majdov (SRB: 8)
● -100 kg:
1. Jorge Fonseca (POR: 6)
2. Michael Korrel (NED: 7)
3. Kazbek Zankishiev (RUS: 15)
● +100 kg:
1. Roy Meyer (NED: 16)
2. Maciej Sarnacki (POL: 17)
3. Adam Okruashvili (GEO: 34)
Women:
● -48 kg:
1. Urantsetseg Munkhbat (MGL: 1)
2. Daria Bilodid (UKR: 3)
3. Eva Csernviczki (HUN: 12)
● -52 kg:
1. Gili Cohen (ISR: 7)
2. Evelyne Tschopp (SUI: 9)
3. Odette Guiffrida (ITA: 14)
● -57 kg:
1. Nora Gjakova (KOS: 2)
2. Rafaela Silva (BRA: 7)
3. Helene Receveaux (FRA; 14)
● -63 kg:
1. Martyna Trajdos (GER: 7)
2. Lucy Renshall (GBR: 12)
3. Sanne Vermeer (NED: 14)
● -70 kg:
1. Anna Berholm (SWE: 7)
2. Maria Portela (BRA: 8)
3. Yuri Alvear (COL: 11)
● -78 kg:
1. Kaliema Antomarchi (CUB: 11)
2. Loriana Kuka (KOS: 16)
3. Beata Pacut (POL: 17)
● +78 kg:
1. Maryna Slutskaya (BLR: 8)
2. Beatriz Souza (BRA: 9)
3. Anna Fatoumata M Bairo (FRA: 12)
Prize money of $3,000-2,000-1,000 is available to the top three place winners. Look for results here.