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Nami Inamori claims a Grand Slam victory each year

Nami Inamori claims a Grand Slam victory each year

17 Jul 2016 18:30
by Mark Pickering - IJF
IJF Media Team / International Judo Federation

Tokyo Grand Slam winner Inamori Nami of Japan maintained the Japanese women’s perfect record in Tyumen as they claimed all seven female gold medals. Baku Grand Slam bronze medallist Nihel Cheikh Rouhou of Tunisia fell behind to a waza-ari after 28 seconds and cut the deficit with a yuko but the result was never in doubt and Inamori held firm.

Six-time African champion will be seeded for the Olympics and will see today’s outing as a very worthwhile exercise as she aims to shock the world in Brazil where she will be one of her continent and country’s biggest hopes.

The first bronze medal was claimed by in-form World Judo Masters bronze medallist Larisa Ceric (BIH) who edged out former Baku Grand Slam bronze medallist Sandra Jablonskyte (LTU) on shido penalties. Jablonskyte was penalised three times while Ceric was only penalised twice as the Bosnia and Herzegovina fighter was the brighter of the judo as she looked for a koshi-jime strangle but could not secure the position. The second bronze medal contest was won by former Madrid European Open bronze medallist Nataly Sokolova (RUS) who held down Tbilisi Grand Prix bronze medallist Maryna Slutskaya (BLR) with a mune-gatame for her second and match-winning waza-ari.  

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