It was a robust begin for Europe on day one of many Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2024. Although numbers could not have mirrored the extent of the competitors, the names within the last did.
The hosts, United Arab Emirates celebrated a medal on day one, an incredible gold medal declare for Khorloodoi BISHRELT within the -52kg class, defeating LKHAGVASUREN.
The lads of the -60kg last; Cedric REVOL (FRA) and Iznaur SAAEV (IJF), gave a coronary heart wrenching efficiency, the swiftness of the light-weight males’s class is at all times exiting. For this pair nonetheless, the power was equalled and they also discovered themselves at a stalemate. It was slightly below 30 seconds in to golden rating when Saaev discovered his reply. Revol tried a seoi nage, permitting his opponent to throw with tani otoshi. Saaev has sporadic outcomes, nonetheless this 12 months he took his first Grand Slam medal, a bronze in Dushanbe, and might now rejoice his first IJF World Tour win.
Within the -48kg class, Andrea STOJADINOV (SRB) was again in enterprise, taking over Sabina GILIAZOVA (IJF). Each athletes have claimed one Grand Slam gold previous to this occasion, coincidentally, each in Tashkent, 2023 and 2024 respectively. The gold in Abu Dhabi wasn’t determined till the final 15 seconds, when Giliazova executed a waza-ari scoring sumi gaeshi, transitioning in to ne waza, not permitting any time for Stojadinov to make a comeback.
Once more within the subsequent males’s class of -66kg, we had a French contender Daikii BOUBA (FRA). It was Bouba who put the primary rating on the board in opposition to Murad CHOPONOV (IJF) with hiza guruma after simply over a minute. Clearly the get up name that Choponov wanted as he then went on the hunt. After closing the hole between himself and Bouba, he regarded to really feel secure. Maybe to chop the strain, Bouba once more regarded to assault with ashi waza but it surely was anticipated this time, and Choponov evened the rating with ko soto gake. Within the subsequent alternate, Choponov ended the competition with but extra ashi waza, however an o uchi gari this time.
Seija BALLHAUS (GER) stormed the -57kg, and carried her seeding proper the way in which to the ultimate in opposition to Irina ZUEVA (IJF). The pair fought prior within the Dushanbe Grand Slam the place the latter was victorious, based mostly on shido accumulation by Ballhaus. It going similarly as each athletes ceded two shidos, but it surely was a sode tsurikomi goshi which Ballhaus dedicated to closely that introduced in regards to the preliminary rating. The German athlete instantly transitioned in to the osaekomi for her first ever gold medal on the IJF World Judo Tour.
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Writer: Thea Cowen
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