World champion Clarisse AGBEGNENOU (FRA) powered into the -63kg final with a faultless display as the owner of the red backpatch beat her closest rivals with ease.
Olympic champion Paula PARETO (ARG) lost her first contest by ippon against Shira RISHONY (ISR).
World champion AN Changrim (KOR) was surprised by Olympic silver medallist Rustam ORUJOV (AZE) and will now face Tommy MACIAS (SWE) for a place on the -73kg podium.
Former world champion HASHIMOTO Soichi (JPN) finished seventh after slipping to successive defeats against Arthur MARGELIDON (CAN) and MACIAS.
Four-time World Judo Masters winner DORJSUREN Sumiya (MGL) also failed to impose herself on her favourite competition as she was defeated by Jessica KLIMKAIT (CAN) and TAMAOKI Momo (JPN).
09. Feb. 2026 / Distria Krasniqi (KOS) has claimed almost every medal ...
08. Feb. 2026 / As the Paris Grand Slam was drawing to a close, the ...
08. Feb. 2026 / The first tournament of the season has come to an end ...
08. Feb. 2026 / An all-Japanese final assigned the last medals of the ...
08. Feb. 2026 / The last of the women’s categories to be contested ...
08. Feb. 2026 / Dota Arai (JPN) and Anton Savytskiy (UKR) had been ...
08. Feb. 2026 / Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko (UAE) vs Alice Bellandi (ITA) ...
08. Feb. 2026 / An all-Japanese final took centre-stage in Paris even ...
08. Feb. 2026 / In the final of the lightest women’s category of ...
08. Feb. 2026 / Zelim Tckaev (AZE) enjoyed a smooth run to the final ...
08. Feb. 2026 / The second day of the Paris Grand Slam always gives ...
08. Feb. 2026 / Each year, the International Judo Federation honours ...
08. Feb. 2026 / For years, the voice filling the breaks of French judo ...
08. Jun. 2018 / The next reigning world champion to be invited to answer ...
06. Jun. 2018 / Highlights from Hohhot Grand Prix 2018
07. Jun. 2018 / In April 2018, the International Judo Federation and ...
07. Jun. 2018 / 'Society should believe in sport as a beneficial cause ...