BAKU - Five judokas defended the Belgian tricolor at the Baku Grand Slam in Azerbaijan, which took place from Sept. 22 to 24. We go over their performances below.
Lois Petit (-48kg/Elite Sport Belgian Armed Forces/JWB)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Julia Figueroa (ESP)
Amber Ryheul (-52kg/Kon. Ieperse JC Neko/JV)
Round 1: Victory vs. Mari Makharashvili (GEO)
Round 2: Defeat vs. Chelsie Giles (GBR)
Jorre Verstraeten (-60kg/RJC IGW/JWB)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Ahmad Yusifov (AZE)
Matthias Casse (-81kg/JC Fuji Yama Boom/Schelle/JV)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Ruslan Mussayev (KAZ)
Round 3: Defeat vs. Arnaud Aregba (FRA)
Sami Chouchi (-90kg/JC La Chênaie/JWB) – 7th Place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Alexis Mathieu (FRA)
Round 3: Victory vs. Daniel Nieto Trinodad (ESP)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Mihael Zgank (TUR)
Repechage: Defeat vs. Thomas Scharfetter (AUT)