Inside News
Unfancied Russian Antonina Shmeleva grinds out first IJF title
Russian Antonina Shmeleva won her maiden IJF title to send her country top of the medal table in The Hague. Hohhot Grand Prix bronze medallist Sama Hawa Camara (FRA) came undone on the ground as the Russian secured a kesa-gatame hold and remained there for 20 seconds and U78kg gold. Read more
Maryna Slutskaya grabs gold for Belarus
Belarussian heavyweight Maryna Slutskaya bested African Championships bronze medallist Hortence Vanessa Mballa Atangana (CMR) in the women’s heavyweight final. Mballa Atangana starred in the preliminary rounds but the final was beyond her as the African contender was penalised three times and was disqualified. Read more
Brilliant Bulgarian Ivaylo Ivanov spoils Dutch dreams
Ivaylo Ivanov of Bulgaria reinvigorated his career with gold on Saturday as he left home hero and two-time Grand Slam winner Frank De Wit (NED) in tears. Ivanov returned to an IJF medal podium for the first time in 18 months with a come-from-behind win over world number two De Wit who was overzealous and perhaps overawed by the occasion as he fought in a Grand Prix final for the first time in front of his home fans. Read more
Sally Conway completes Grand Prix hat-trick with silver for the hosts
British judo star Sally Conway won her third Grand Prix gold medal after Hohhot Grand Prix winner and home favourite Sanne Van Dijke (NED) could not participate in the U70kg final after picking up an elbow injury earlier in the semi final. Olympic bronze medallist Conway will now break back into the world’s top 10 and move closer to the Dutch judoka who started the day ranked fifth in the world. Read more
Musa Mogushkov sweeps away the opposition for Russian gold
Russian judoka Musa Mogushkov beat Abu Dhabi Grand Slam silver medallist Akil Gjakova of Kosovo for the first time to win his third Grand Prix title. Gjakova beat Mogushkov in the semi-finals at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam two weeks ago but the latter avenged that result in today’s U73kg final after three and a half minutes of golden score. Read more
Experienced Junxia Yang takes gold in The Hague
Chinese judoka Yang Junxia handed her country their first gold medal in The Hague after the hosts of the upcoming World Judo Masters had earned two silver medals on day one. British veteran Alice Schlesinger was unable to resist the turnover into osaekomi that Yang had used in all four of her previous contests as the world number 61 won her third Grand Prix title and her first outside of Asia. Read more
Four-star Vazha Margvelashvili remains unstoppable for Georgia
Georgian Vazha Margvelashvili clinched his fourth Grand Prix title with a hard-fought win over Abu Dhabi Grand Slam bronze medallist Baruch Shmailov (ISR). The world number two defeated the world number five by a waza-ari score from a uchi-mata-sukashi as the Georgian was unbeatable in The Hague just as he was in Abu Dhabi a fortnight ago. Read more
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- 16 Nov 2018Japanese newcomer Terumi Otsuji surprises with Grand Prix gold
- 16 Nov 2018Charline Van Snick wins eighth Grand Prix gold
- 16 Nov 2018Maryna Cherniak simply takes over winstreak for the Ukraine
- 15 Nov 2018Big clashes in the Hague with 242 men lined-up
- 15 Nov 2018170 women in The Hague for Grand Prix gold
- 15 Nov 2018IJF Sports Director Jeong Ki -Young gives the example as former World Champion
- 14 Nov 2018Sanne time at Grand Prix The Hague
- 11 Nov 2018Mammadali Mehdiyev takes gold for Azerbaijan in Tashkent
- 11 Nov 2018Third gold Loriana Kuka icing on the cake for Kosovo
- 11 Nov 2018Elmar Gasimov grabs the gold medal in Tashkent
- 11 Nov 2018Soslan Bostanov keeps his head cool in Uzbekistan
- 11 Nov 2018Iryna Kindzerska hits the golden jackpot in Tashkent
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