Mongolian judoka M.Urantsetseg grabs gold at Tbilisi Grand Slam www.montsame.mn
Mongolian judoka M.Uransetseg has won the gold medal from the women’s 48 kg weight class at the Tbilisi Grand Slam 2021, winning two Grand Slam tournaments back-to-back. A total of 464 judokas are participating in the IJF Grand Slam tournament, which is being organized in Tbilisi, Georgia from March 26 to March 28.
Following a first-round bye, she defeated Italian judoka Sofia Petitto with an ippon at 1:30 minutes in Round 2. While she won against Romanian judoka Monica Ungureanu with a joint locking technique at 2:58 minutes in her next match, she defeated Slovenian judoka Marusa Stangar with another ippon at 2:50 in the semi-finals.
In the final match, she faced off against Italian judoka Francesca Milani, coming out victorious by forcing a submission.
Moreover, IM G.Kherlen won the bronze medal from the men’s 66 kg weight class on the first day of the tournament. With a first-round bye in Pool C, he defeated British judoka Michael Fryer and Georgian judoka Beka Tsifiani through penalties.
While he won his next match against Russian judoka Mikhail Puliaev with a waza-ari in overtime, he was defeated by Uzbekistani judoka Sardor Nurillaev through penalties.
In his final match in the tournament, he faced off against Georgian judoka Bagrati Niniashvili, coming out on top with an ippon winning him the bronze medal. With this, IM G.Kherlen gains 500 points in the World Ranking List, climbing up to 4th place.
Published Date:2021-03-28