Ai TSUNODA ROUSTANT (ESP) took the Paris Grand Slam title in 2023, defeating high names on the way in which to the highest, and in the present day she got here with the identical vitality in to the ultimate towards HONDA Mayu (JPN). Heading in to golden rating towards a really robust opponent, Tsunoda piled on the stress and was relentless in her bid to take the title, then at 42 seconds, a pointy drop morote seoi nage gave her an unbelievable end. While Tsunoda is usually very collected in her wins, on this event it was clear that this win was an enormous reduction for her.
For Luka MAISURADZE (GEO), it was a scary return to competitors within the -90kg class with a primary spherical loss within the Rome European Open towards the top of 2024, however following this he took an unimaginable silver medal within the Tokyo Grand Slam, and assisted his workforce Golden Gori to a bronze medal within the European Membership Championships – Champions League in December. Now returning to the IJF World Judo Tour, the Paris Grand Slam, he was persevering with his nice type, defeating the present World Champion TAJIKA Goki (JPN) for a spot within the last. KIM Jonghoon (KOR) was his final opponent, a judoka fairly contemporary on the scene with no Grand Slam consequence to his identify, nonetheless he was the slayer of champions in the present day and after precisely 5 minutes of combating, Kim discovered his manner with a deep morote seoi nage for the last word win.
Within the -78kg class, we had two Olympic medallists going face to face; Patricia SAMPAIO (POR) and Inbar LANIR (ISR), the latter popping out on high on the previous two events. This time nonetheless, Sampaio had ready to regulate Lanir’s gripping, and this actually prevented her from executing her massive strategies, as an alternative, Sampaio scored the ippon with a drop morote seoi nage. There was no massive celebration, merely containing her pleasure earlier than the rating and her Paris Grand Slam title confirmed.
Lea FONTAINE (FRA) was the one French athlete to face on high of the rostrum in the present day, and after a fantastic efficiency within the preliminary rounds, she confronted LEE Hyeonji (KOR) within the gold medal contest. Sadly it ended with an harm for Lee, resulting in the win for Fontaine.
The world stayed packed till the ultimate second as everybody anticipated an enormous last between the previous World and present European Champion, Inal TASOEV (IJF) and LEE Seungyeob (KOR). Sadly, the massive motion was held off till the pair entered golden rating, and Tasoev lastly delivered. The Bercy crowd liked it and have been on their toes for a well-liked man right here in France, regardless of his massive rivalry with their hero, Teddy RINER. Tasoev was swift and arguably one of the nimble within the heavyweight class, and all admire his talent and talent.
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Creator: Thea Cowen
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