The Judo World Tour of the International Judo Federation (IJF) landed back in Kazakhstan for the last Grand Slam event before this year’s World Championships and Olympic Games.
With some of the last ranking points at stake, judo stars from around the world arrived in the city of Astana in search of victory.
Con -48 kg, Galiya TynbayevaHe delighted the local crowd by reaching the final. Tynbayeva twice caught her opponent Giliazova with cleverly timed sacrificial techniques and won her first gold on the world judo circuit in her homeland of Astana.
The chairman of the Sports and Physical Culture Committee of Kazakhstan, Yerbol Myrzabossynovpresented the medals.
“It was crazy. Because when I entered the arena there were 1,000 people shouting ‘Galiya Galiya’! I felt the pressure, but then I said to myself: ‘I must win, I will win,'” Tynbayeva said.
At -60 kg, the individual neutral athlete Ramazan AbdulaevHe gave us a spectacular final! Performing a beautiful juji-gatame, Abdulaev made his opponent Yang submit and in doing so won his third Grand Slam gold.
Almaz Alsenov, CEO of Harvest Group, presented him with his medal.
At -52kg, Gefen Primo She started the day as the number one seed and lived up to it perfectly. In the final she faced Larissa Pimenta. After a tough fight, Primo managed to catch Pimenta with a big ashi-waza, continuing to the floor to secure the total victory by ippon.
The General Secretary of the IJF, Lisa Allangave him his medal.
In the -66 kg category, Murad Chopanovgot the gold in style! A big throw in the first exchange of the match was directly followed by a clinch to seal the win!
The medals were presented by the Director General of the IJF, Vlad Marinescu.
The -57 kg category produced an all-Pan American Grand Slam final, while its close rivals Christa Deguchi and Rafaela Silva fought for first place on the podium.
Armen Bagdasarov, director of referees of the International Judo Federation, awarded the gold medal to Deguchi.
“This is my first time in Kazakhstan, and it was nice to fight in a place that loves judo, and it was an honor to fight here and I’m happy to show you the gold medal, thank you very much Kazakhstan. “Deguchi said.
Another highlight for the home crowd came at -60kg, where Kazakh judo legend and 2015 world champion, Yeldos Smetov, showed that he is returning to his best form. He showed brilliant judo throughout the day to claim bronze for his home country.
2024-05-10 19:59:53
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