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Olympic Champion Ono Shohei set to return at Tokyo Grand Slam

Olympic Champion Ono Shohei set to return at Tokyo Grand Slam

21 Nov 2017 10:45
by Mark Pickering - IJF
JudoHeroes & IJF Media / Copyright: www.ijf.org

The IJF World Judo Tour will now head to Asia for the fifth and final Grand Slam of the year in Tokyo next month. Olympic champion and two-time world champion Ono Shohei (JPN), who is widely regarded as being the best pound-for-pound judoka in the world, makes his return at the Tokyo Grand Slam and will appear in his new gold backpatch for the first time.

Ono will be joined on U73kg duty for Japan by world champion Hashimoto Soichi (JPN) who has won his last seven competitions and the superstar duo could meet for the first time at an IJF event.

The Tokyo Grand Slam 2017 will feature 455 judoka from 66 nations including Olympic champions Rafaela Silva (BRA), Lukas Krpalek (CZE), Fabio Basile (ITA) and Tina Trstenjak (SLO).

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