At the Accor Arena in the City of Light, the Japanese finished 1-2 in two categories, the 90 and over 100 kilograms, dominated by Goki Tajima and Kanta Nakano, respectively, better than their compatriots Hidetoshi Tokumochi and Hyoga Ota.
For his part, Yuhei Oino defeated Azerbaijani Zelim Tckaev in the 81 final, a more experienced athlete, fifth in the division ranking and bronzed at the Budapest 2025 World Cup.
The Japanese sweep among the men on Sunday was completed by the rising star Dota Arai, a 21-year-old judoka who leads the 100 kilogram ranks, by beating the Ukrainian Anton Savytskiy with a Waza-ari.
After his junior world crown in 2023, Arai already has two planetary medals, bronze in Abu Dhabi 2024 and silver in Budapest 2025, and three Grand Slam titles.
Today, Russia won three bronze medals on the tatami in the men’s competition, competing with its anthem and its flag for the first time in the Paris Grand Slam since the International Judo Federation allowed it at the end of 2025, a country sanctioned by the war in Ukraine.
Among women, the spoils were shared by Hungary, with Szofi Ozbas as champion in the 70 kilograms, Italy, through the Paris 2024 Olympic queen at 78 Alice Bellandi, and France thanks to its idol over 78, the multi-winner and world champion Romane Dicko.
Hezbas we have come from the gold of screaming Switzerland April Lynn Fohouo, bellendi to the Emiratípe hyzabeta Lythenko and says to his compatriot Julia Tolofa.
France had achieved two gold medals yesterday, so it finished second in the medal table with three gold, one silver and five bronze, behind Japan (5-3-6) and ahead of Azerbaijan (1-1-1).
Since the 2022 Paris Grand Slam, the Japanese have not been able to take the top of the table from the locals.
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