Some 578 judoka from 86 countries are gathered in Budapest (HUN), the last Grand Prix event prior to the 2018 World Championships in late September in Baku (AZE). That’s the reason for the big turn-out; the top seeds (with IJF world rankings):
Men:
-60 kg: 1. Ryuju Nagayama (JPN: 2) 2. Robert Mshvidobadze (RUS: 3)
-66 kg: 1. Georgii Zantaraia (UKR: 6) 2. Abdula Abdulzhalilov (RUS: 12)
-73 kg: 1. Odbayar Ganbaatar (MGL: 4) 2. Tommy Macias (SWE: 5)
-81 kg: 1. Frank De Wit (NED: 2) 2. Alan Khubetsov (RUS: 4)
-90 kg: 1. Aleksandar Kukolj (SRB: 1) 2. Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (ESP: 4)
-100 kg: 1. Varlam Liparteliani (GEO: 1) 2. Toma Nikiforov (BEL: 4)
+100 kg: 1. Stephan Hegyi (AUT: 7) 2. Kokoro Kageura (JPN: 12)
Women:
-48 kg: 1. Milica Nikolic (SRB: 5) 2. Eva Csernoviczki (HUN: 9)
-52 kg: 1. Charline van Snick (BEL: 9) 2. Natsumi Tsunoda (JPN: 10)
-57 kg: 1. Theresa Stoll (GER: 6) 2. Timna Nelson Levy (ISR: 7)
-63 kg: 1. Andreja Leski (SLO: 5) 2. Martyna Trajdos (GER: 6)
-70 kg: 1. Anna Bernholm (SWE: 4) 2. Sanne van Dijke (NED: 6)
-78 kg: 1. Natalie Powell (GBR: 2) 2. Guusje Steenhuis (NED: 3)
+78 kg: 1. Larisa Ceric (BIH: 2) 2. Tessie Savelkouls (NED: 5)
The top American men’s seed is Alexander Turner, sixth at -73 kg; among the women, it’s Angelica Delgado, third at -52 kg.
Look for results here.