PARIS - On February 4 and 5, the Grand Slam of Paris took place in the French capital. The Grand Slam of the World Judo Tour that really kicks off the new judo year. Team Belgium was present with seven judokas. We briefly review their trajectory below.
Charline Van Snick (-52kg/ JC Bushido Saive) –7th place
Round 1: victory vs. Aigerim Abilkadirova (KAZ)
Round 2: victory vs. Estrella Lopez Sheriff (ESP)
Round 3: loss vs. Reka Pupp (HUN)
Repechage: loss vs. Astride Gneto (FRA)
Mina Libeer (-57kg/JS Merelbeke) – 7th place
Round 1: bye
Round 2: victory vs. Marthe Fawaz (FRA)
Round 3: victory vs. Jessica Pereira (BRA)
Quarterfinals: loss vs. Haruka Funakubo (JPN)
Repechage: loss vs. Daria Bilodid (UKR)
Gabriella Willems (-70kg/JC Andrimont)
Round 1: loss vs. Kim Polling (NED)
Jorre Verstraeten (-60kg/IGW)
Round 1: bye
Round 2: victory vs. Issam Bassou (MAR)
Round 3: loss vs. Romaric Wend-Yam Bouda (FRA)
Matthias Casse (-81kg/JC Fudji Yama Boom/Schelle)
Round 1: bye
Round 2: victory vs. Muhammed Koc (TUR)
Roud 3: loss vs. Joao Fernando (POR)
Sami Chouchi (-90kg/JC La Chênaie)
Round 1: bye
Round 2: victory vs. Theodoros Tselidis (GRE)
Round 3: loss vs. Luka Maisuradze (GEO)
Toma Nikiforov (-100kg/Topsport Defensie) – 5th place
Round 1: bye
Round 2: victory vs Lukas Krpalek (CZE)
Round 3: victory vs. Girorgi Beriashvili (GEO)
Quarterfinals: victory vs. Peter Paltchik (ISR)
Semifinals: loss vs. Michael Korrel (NED)
Bronze Medal Match: loss vs. Zelym Kotsoiev (AZE)
