JUDO Preview: World Tour heads to final four in Tashkent

The IJF World Tour has four events left in 2018, this week in Tashkent (UZB), with 352 judoka from 47 nations getting ready to compete. The top seeds, with their current world rankings:

Men:
∙ -60 kg:
1. Amartuvshin Dashsavaa (MGL: 7)
2. Sharafuddin Lutfillaev (UZB:8)

∙ -66 kg:
1. Yerlan Serikzhanov (KAZ: 10)
2. Adrian Gomboc (SLO: 13)

∙ -73 kg:
1. Tommy Macias (SWE: 4)
2. Zhansay Smagulov (KAZ: 12)

∙ -81 kg:
1. Aslan Lappinagov (RUS: 6)
2. Anri Egutidze (POR: 13)

∙ -90 kg:
1. Krisztian Toth (HUN; 3)
2. Nemanja Majdov (SRB: 10)

∙ -100 kg:
1. Elmar Gasimov (AZE: 10)
2. Ramadan Darwish (EGY: 11)

∙ +100 kg:
1. Iurii Krakovetskii (KGZ: 13)
2. Bekmurod Oltiboev (UZB: 17)

Women:
∙ -48 kg:
1. Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh (KAZ: 6)
2. Milica Nikolic (SRB: 7)

∙ -52 kg:
1. Evelyne Tschopp (SUI: 11)
2. Gili Cohen (ISR: 13)

∙ -57 kg:
1. Nora Gjakova (KOS: 3)
2. Theresa Stoll (GER: 6)

∙ -63 kg:
1. Andreja Leski (SLO: 6)
2. Katharina Haecker (AUS: 8)

∙ -70 kg:
1. Anna Bernholm (SWE: 7)
2. Michaela Polleres (AUT: 14)

∙ -78 kg:
1. Anastasiya Turchyn (UKR: 11)
2. Anna Maria Wagner (GER: 15)

∙ +78 kg:
1. Maryna Slutskaya (BLR: 6)
2. Iryna Kindzerska (AZE: 8)

Prize money for this tournament is $3,000-2,000-1,000 (for both thirds). Look for results here.