A huge field of 609 judoka from 98 nations will gather at the AccorHotels Arena of Bercy for the annual Paris Grand Slam, the biggest event of 2019 so far, on Saturday and Sunday.
There are some excellent match-ups, notably with the no. 1-ranked and no. 2-ranked fighters in the men’s 66 kg, 81 kg, 90 kg and 100 kg divisions and the women’s 63 kg class. The top entries by seeding (and IJF World Ranking in parentheses):
Men
● -60 kg:
1. Naohisa Takato (JPN: 4)
2. Amartuvshin Dasvdavaa (MGL: 5)
3. Yeldos Smetov (KAZ: 6)
● –66 kg:
1. Hifumi Abe (JPN: 1)
2. Vazha Margvelashvili (GEO: 2)
3. Baruch Shmailov (ISR: 4)
● -73 kg:
1. Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO: 2)
2. Soichi Hashimoto (JPN: 3)
3. Tommy Macias (SWE: 5)
● -81 kg:
1. Saeid Mollaei (IRI: 1)
2. Frank de Wit (NED: 2)
3. Takeshi Sasaki (JPN: 3)
● -90 kg:
1. Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (ESP: 1)
2. Krisztian Toth (HUN: 2)
3. Ivan Felipe Silva Morales (CUB: 4)
● -100 kg:
1. Varlam Liparteliani (GEO: 1)
2. Michael Korrel (NED: 2)
3. Peter Paltchik (ISR: 3)
● +100 kg:
1. Lukas Krpalek (CZE: 2)
2. Kokoro Kageura (JPN: 6)
3. Tamerlan Bashaev (RUS: 7)
Women
● -48 kg:
1. Urantsetseg Munkhbat (MGL: 2)
2. Ami Kondo (JPN: 5)
3. Distria Krasniqi (KOS: 8)
● -52 kg:
1. Natsumi Tsunoda (JPN: 3)
2. Charline van Snick (BEL: 5)
3. Ai Shishime (JPN: 6)
● -57 kg:
1. Nora Gjakova (KOS: 2)
2. Jessica Klimkait (CAN: 5)
3. Theresa Stoll (GER: 6)
● -63 kg:
1. Clarisse Agbednenou (FRA: 1)
2. Tina Trstenjak (SLO: 2)
3. Nami Nabekura (JPN: 3)
● -70 kg:
1. Mahie Eve Gahie (FRA: 2)
2. Sanne van Dijke (NED: 3)
3. Saki Niizoe (JPN: 4)
● –78 kg:
1. Ruika Sato (JPN: 2)
2. Natalie Powell (GBR: 3)
3. Mami Umeki (JPN: 4)
● +78 kg:
1. Idalys Ortiz (CUB: 1)
2. Akira Sone (JPN: 4)
3. Iryna Kindzerska (AZE: 5)
Prize money of $5,000-3,000-1,500 will be available for the top three places. Look for results here.
