The Sports Examiner

JUDO: Dutch tops with six medals at The Hague Grand Prix

The reality is that when Japan wants to win, it does so impressively at IJF World Tour events like the Grand Prix at The Hague last weekend. But a modest Japanese squad was on hand and so it opened opportunities for others.

That included the hosts from the Netherlands, who won a chart-topping six medals (0-2-4) and France, which won five (0-1-4), but had no gold medalists.

Tops in golds were Russia and Ukraine, which each had two wins. Russia’s Musa Mogushkov won the men’s -73 kg class and Antonina Shmeleva won the women’s 78 kg class. The Ukrainian winners included the heaviest men’s class, with Yakiv Khammo at +100 kg and the lightest women’s class in Maryna Cherniak at -48 kg! Summaries:

IJF World Tour/The Hague Grand Prix
The Hague (NED) ~ 16-18 November 2018
(Full results here)

Men

-60 kg: 1. Amartuvshin Dashdavaa (MGL); 2. Dai Aoki (JPN); 3. Romaric Wend-Yam Bouda (FRA) and Boldbaatar Ganbat (MGL).

-66 kg: 1. Vazha Margvelashvili (GEO); 2. Baruch Shmailov (ISR); 3. Kiyotaka Kido (JPN) and Sebastian Seidl (GER).

-73 kg: 1. Musa Mogushkov (RUS); 2. Akil Gjakova (KOS); 3. Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO) and Victor Sterpu (MDA).

-81 kg: 1. Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL); 2. Frank de Wit (NED); 3. Dominic Ressel (GER) and Antonio Esposito (ITA).

-90 kg: 1. Aleksandar Kukolj (SRB); 2. Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (ESP); 3. Jesper Smink (NED) and Peter Zilka (SVK).

-100 kg: 1. Peter Paltchik (ISR); 2. Mikita Sviryd (BLR); 3. Michael Korrel (NED) and Leonardo Goncalves (BRA).

+100 kg: 1. Yakiv Khammo (UKR); 2. Vladut Simionescu (ROU); 3. Maciej Sarnacki (POL) and Roy Meyer (NED).

Women

-48 kg: 1. Maryna Cherniak (UKR); 2. Yao Xiong (CHN); 3. Aya Sakagami (JPN) and Distria Krasniqi (KOS).

-52 kg: 1. Charline van Snick (BEL); 2. Eleudis Valentim (BRA); 3. Astride Gneto (FRA) and Reka Pupp (HUN).

-57 kg: 1. Terumi Otsuji (JPN); 2. Tongjuan Lu (CHN); 3. Miryam Roper (PAN) and Priscilla Gneto (FRA).

-63 kg: 1. Junxia Yang (CHN); 2. Alice Schlesinger (GBR); 3. Masako Doi (JPN) and Amy Livesey (GBR).

-70 kg: 1. Sally Conway (GBR); 2. Sanne van Dijke (NED); 3. Miriam Butkereit (GER) and Gabriella Willems (BEL).

-78 kg: 1. Antonina Shmeleva (RUS); 2. Sama Hawa Camara (FRA); 3. Samantha Soares (BRA) and Ilona Lucassen (NED).

+78 kg: 1. Maryna Slutskaya (BLR); 2. Hortence Mballa Atangana (CAM); 3. Larisa Ceric (BIH) and Anne M Bairo (FRA).

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