The World Championships are coming fast and in the final warm-up Grand Prix meet, held in Budapest (HUN), Japan indicated it is ready for a big showing next month in Baku (AZE) with nine wins and 13 medals all together.
Hungary (2-0-2) and Canada (0-0-4) had four medals each for a distant second on the medal table. The Japanese for four wins in the seven men’s classes and five of seven in the women’s. Summaries:
IJF World Tour/Budapest Grand Prix
Budapest (HUN) ~ 10-12 August 2018
(Full results here)
Men:
-60 kg: 1. Ryuju Nagayama (JPN); 2. Albert Oguzov (RUS); 3. Robert Mshvidobadze (RUS) and Amiran Papinashvili (GEO).
-66 kg: 1. Kenzo Tagawa (JPN); 2. Mohamed Abdelmawgoud (EGY); 3. Denis Vieru (MDA) and Bogdan Iadov (UKR).
-73 kg: 1. Miklos Ungvari (HUN); 2. Masashi Ebinuma (JPN); 3. Arthur Margelidon (CAN) and Frigyes Szabo (HUN).
-81 kg: 1. Alan Khubetsov (RUS); 2. Kenya Kohara (JPN); 3. Robin Pacek (SWE) and Sagi Muki (ISR).
–90 kg: 1. Krisztian Toth (HUN); 2. Ushangi Margiani (GEO); 3. Ivan Silva Morales (CUB) and Aleksandar Kukolj (SRB).
–100 kg: 1. Aaron Wolf (JPN); 2. Karl-Richard Frey (GER); 3. Jevgenijs Borodavko (LAT) and Peter Paltcik (ISR).
+100 kg: 1. Kokoro Kageura (JPN); 2. Stephan Hegyi (AUT); 3. Adam Okruashvili (GEO) and Roy Meyer (NED).
Women:
-48 kg: 1. Hiromi Endo (JPN); 2. Tamami Yamazaki (JPN); 3. Marusa Stangar (SLO) and Distria Krasniqi (KOS).
-52 kg: 1. Natsumi Tsunoda (JPN); 2. Charline van Snick (BEL); 3. Ecaterina Guica (CAN) and Chelsie Giles (GBR).
-57 kg: 1. Rafaela Silva (BRA); 2. Theresa Stoll (GER); 3. Christa Deguchi (CAN) and Hedvig Karakas (HUN).
-63 kg: 1. Aimi Nouchi (JPN); 2. Martyna Trajdos (GER); 3. Agata Ozboda-Blach (POL) and Andreja Leski (SLO).
-70 kg: 1. Saki Niizoe (JPN); 2. Sanne van Dijke (NED); 3. Kelita Zupancic (CAN) and Sally Conway (GBR).
-78 kg: 1. Mami Umeki (JPN); 2. Rika Takayama (JPN); 3. Natalie Powell (GBR) and Guuske Steenhuis (NED).
+78 kg: 1. Idalys Ortiz (CUB); 2. Maryna Slutskaya (BLR); 3. Yanan Jiang (CHN) and Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (TUN).