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28 Olympic medallists
from Beijing will compete in the first Grand Slam of the season,
which will take place in Paris this weekend (7-8th February) at
the Palais Omnisports, Bercy.
Fourteen male and 14
female judokas (50% of the total medallists) who were on the podium
in China last August are back to commence fighting for their London
2012 Olympic qualification.
The new world ranking
system, announced by the International Judo Federation, started
on the 1st January with all Grand Slams, Grand Prix events, World
Cups, Masters and World Senior Championships contributing towards
London 2012 selection.
Olympic champions Masato
Uchishiba (JPN, -66kg), Elnur Mamadli (AZE, -73kg), Irakli Tsirekidze
(GEO, -90kg), Alina Dumitru (ROM, -48kg), Xiuli Yang (CHN, -78kg)
and Wen Tong (CHN, +78kg) are among the top stars that will be
in action.
Despite having automatic qualification
for London, Britain will be sending a 15 strong team to the French
capital including World bronze medallist Euan Burton and Junior
World silver medallist, Sally Conway.
The new IJF tournament
system features four Grand Slams (Paris, Moscow, Rio de Janeiro
and Tokyo), five Grand Prix (Hamburg, Tunis, United States of
America, Beijing and Abu Dhabi) and 17 World Cups, plus the Masters
to be held in Seoul this year. Grand Slam award 300 points to
the winner, Grand Prix award 200 and World Cup award 100 points.
Masters have a value of 400 points for the champion, while World
Championships have 500 points, Olympic Games 600 points and continental
championships 180 points. (For details see www.ijf.org
).
The British World Cup
(for men) will take place at the NIA, Birmingham on the 19th &
20th September.
British Team
Men’s Team:
-60kg James
Millar
-66kg Craig
Fallon (WITHDRAWN DUE TO INJURY)
-66kg Colin
Oates
-73kg Alex
Farbon
-73kg Jan
Gosiewski
-81kg Euan
Burton
-81kg Matthew
Purssey
-81kg Tom
Reed
-90kg Jonathon
Purssey
-90kg James
Austin
-100kg Adam
Hall
-100kg Andrew
Burns
Women’s Team:
-52kg Sophie
Johnstone
-57kg Gemma
Howell
-70kg Sally
Conway
-78kg Lindsay
Purves
+78kg Sarah
Adlington
Media Contact:
Emma Griffin
(t) 07875 368495
(e) emmagriffin@britishjudo.org.uk
© David
Finch
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