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Paris Grand Slam 2009
INTERNATIONAL JUDO STARS COMPETE IN THE FIRST GRAND SLAM OF THE SEASON


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I was present at one of the most exciting judo tournaments on the planet.

The Paris Grand Slam is one of the biggest on the judo calendar, with more than 20 medallists from the Beijing 2008 Olympics in action.

 

In the first year from the new Olympic Period (which ends in London 2012), judo shows a new face. On the mat for the IJF Paris Grand Slam, young athletes appear on the scene, experienced champions change weight categories, big stars show up in the opening of the tournament season, new rules and competition system are presented to the world for the first time. And the audience (over 10.400 spetactors in Bercy on Staurday) was delighted.



Double-crowned Olympic champion (2004-08), Japanese Masato Ushishiba, who is not very used with stepping on the French mats, appeared with full power, beating local Benjamin Darbelet in the gold medal combat for the 66kg division and repeating the result of the Beijing Olympic Games. Twenty-year old Russian Natalia Kuzyutina, after taking bronze at Sofia World Cup last January, took the lead of the -52kg category defeating also a French – in this case Audrey La Rizza. At the under 73kg category, Cuban Yordanis Arencibia showed up as strong as the judoka who made history for his country among the -66kg (two Olympic and three world championship medals): he was runner-up in Paris, loosing for Korean Chun Wang, who was third in Beijing 2008.



Concerning technical aspects, the competition was held with no repechage. Golden Score was reduced to three minutes (instead of five), there is no more koka among other changes approved by the IJF Refereeing Commission and valid since January 1st 2009. Seeding and placing in the tables (draw) now take into consideration the position in the world ranking list, another new rule being applied from this season on.



Paris Grand Slam gives 300 world ranking points to the champion of each category and divides US$ 150.000 among the medalists of all 14 weights.



 

RESULTS – FIRST DAY:

-60kg:
1. DRAGIN, Dimitri (FRA)
2. PAPINASHVILI, Amiran (GEO)
3. CHOI, Gwang-Hyeon (KOR)
3. PAISCHER, Ludwig (AUT)
5. FUKUOKA, Masaaki (JPN)
5. SOBIROV, Rishod (UZB)
5. UTARBAYEV, Salamat (KAZ)
5. YEKUTIEL, Gal (ISR)		 -66kg:
1. UCHISHIBA, Masato (JPN)
2. DARBELET, Benjamin (FRA)
3. AN, Jeong-Hwan (KOR)
3. UNGVARI, Miklos (HUN)
5. AKIMOTO, Hiroyuki (JPN)
5. CARDONNEL, Alexandre (FRA)
5. PULYAEV, Mikhail (RUS)
5. YILMAZ, Hasan (TUR)		 -73kg:
1. WANG, Ki-Chun (KOR)
2. ARENCIBIA, Yordanis (CUB)
3. BONHOMME, Gilles (FRA)
3. SCHENDEL, Mario (GER)
5. AWANO, Yasuhiro (JPN)
5. ELMONT, Dex (NED)
5. ISAEV, Mansur (RUS)
5. RAZVOZOV, Yoel (ISR)
-48kg:
1. YAMAGISHI, Emi (JPN)
2. JOSSINET, Frederique (FRA)
3. CLIMENCE, Aurore (FRA)
3. FUKUMI, Tomoko (JPN)
5. CHUNG, Jung-Yeon (KOR)
5. MENEZES, Sarah Gabrielle (BRA)
5. PAYET, Laetitia (FRA)
5. POLZIN, Daniela (BRA)		 -52kg:
1. KUZYUTINA, Natalia (RUS)
2. LA RIZZA, Audrey (FRA)
3. KIM, Kyung-Ok (KOR)
3. NAKAMURA, Misato (JPN)
5. CARRASCOSA, Ana (ESP)
5. NISHIDA, Yuka (JPN)
5. TARANGUL, Romy (GER)
5. ZHU, Ang (CHN)		 -57kg:
1. BOUKOUVALA, Ioulietta (GRE)
2. RIBOUT, Morgane (FRA)
3. HAREL, Barbara (FRA)
3. MATSUMOTO, Kaori (JPN)
5. CHITU, Andreea Stefania (ROU)
5. HOWELL, Gemma (GBR)
5. MONTEIRO, Telma (POR)
5. TOKUHISA, Hitomi (JPN)
-63kg:
1. UENO, Yoshie (JPN)
2. HIRAI, Nozomi (JPN)
3. KOVAL, Vera (RUS)
3. MISKOVIC, Marijana (CRO)
5. PAYET, Emmanuelle (FRA)
5. VAN EMDEN, Anicka (NED)
5. WILLEBOORDSE, Elisabeth (NED)
5. XU, Yuhua (CHN)		    

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