JUDO Preview: Judoka from 52 nations register for the Tbilisi Grand Prix

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.