Harasawa Hisayoshi rules in Paris
Tyumen Grand Slam winner Harasawa Hisayoshi of Japan ruled the heavyweight category on Sunday with some spectacular ippon judo. World number 16 David Moura (BRA) was thrown with a beautiful uchi-mata in the last contest of the Paris Grand Slam 2015 as Harasawa won his fourth competition in a row.
In the first semi-final Harasawa threw superbly with an uchi-mata for ippon as Faicel Jaballah (TUN) was dispatched with ease. In the second semi-final Pan American Games winner David Moura (BRA) defeated world bronze medallist Iakiv Khammo (UKR) by ippon after 74 seconds.
The first bronze medal was won by Budapest Grand Prix winner Ojitani Takeshi (JPN) against fellow rising heavyweight Khammo by a yuko which came 40 seconds into golden score. The second bronze medal was captured by World Judo Masters bronze medallist Roy Meyer (NED) as Jaballah never imposed himself in the contest. The Tunisian fighter accumulated three shidos compared to one for Meyer and finished fifth.
Result | City | Date |
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2 | Paris | 30 Jul |
1 | Abu Dhabi | 21 May |
1 | Zagreb | 26 Apr |
3 | Belgrade | 2023 |
2 | Montpellier | 2023 |