On the second day of the Judo Grand Slam Hungary Tournament, a total of four classes for men and women were held in Budapest on the 9th, and Megumi Horikawa (Park 24), the representative of the World Championship (October, Tasikent), won the women’s 63 kg class. In the first round, she defeated Sanne Vermeer (Netherlands), who was third in the world championship last year, and won four games in a row.
Saki Niizoe (Self-Defense Forces), the representative of the world championship in the women’s 70 kg class, won four games and advanced to the final. She took one from the world’s number one Barbara Matic (Croatia) last year in the semi-finals.
In the 81-kilometer class, world championship representative Sotaro Fujiwara (Asahi Kasei) defeated former world champion Loic Pietri (France) in the second round of the first round, but withdrew from the third round due to injury. Japanese do not participate in the 73 kg class. (Joint)
