Maria Laborde Places Seventh at Antalya Grand Slam

(Colorado Springs, CO) – Paris Olympic hopeful Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) finished in seventh place in the 48 kg division at the Antalya Grand Slam on Friday.

With her 2-2 result, the two-time Senior World Championships bronze medalist is expected to move into the top 10 on the filtered Olympic Ranking List with the top 17 qualifying for the Games on June 25.

After a bye into the round of 32, Laborde threw two-time Grand Slam medalist Katharina Tanzer (AUT) with a drop seoi nage (dropping shoulder throw) for a waza-ari (half-point) score.

Laborde defeated her Pan Am rival, two-time Senior Pan American Champion Mary Dee Vargas Ley (CHI) in the round of 16, throwing Ley with a drop seoi nage midway through the match for a waza-ari and held the Chilean scoreless for the remainder of the match.

Laborde lost her next two matches on penalties, however, falling to 2022 Senior World Championships bronze medalist Abiba Abuzhakynova (KAZ) in the quarterfinals and 2023 Senior Pan Am-Oceania Championships bronze medalist Natasha Ferreira (BRA).

Two-time Olympian Angelica Delgado (Miami, FL / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) finished with a top-16 finish and a 2-1 record in the 52 kg division on Friday in her bid for a third Olympic Games.

Delgado won both her round of 64 and round of 32 matches on penalties, defeating Kseniya Danilovich (INA) and 2024 Tashkent Grand Slam silver medalist Gulkhayo Juraeva (UZB) before being thrown for two waza-aris by Viktorija Puljiz (CRO) who followed her silver at the Tbilisi Grand Slam last week with bronze in Antalya.

Two-time Senior World Team member Ari Berliner (Schenectady, NY / NYAC / Jason Morris Judo Center) went 11 on Friday to finish in the top 32 in the 66 kg division.

Berliner armbarred Viljar Lipard (EST) in the round of 64, but lost to five-time Grand Slam medalist David Garcia Torne (ESP) who threw Berliner in the final minute of their round of 32 match.

Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:

Men's 60 kg
1. Ayub Bliev (AIN)
2. Luka Mkheidze (FRA)
3. Salih Yildiz (TUR)
3. Emiel Jaring (NED)
5. Tornike Tsjakadoea (NED)
5. TsogtOchir Byambajav (MGL)
7. Ariunbold Enkhtaivan (MGL)
7. Dilshodbek Baratov (UZB)

Women's 48 kg
1. Natsumi Tsunoda (JPN)
2. Sila Ersin (TUR)
3. Abiba Abuzhakynova (KAZ)
3. Narantsetseg Ganbaatar (MGL)
5. Sabina Giliazova (AIN)
5. Natasha Ferreira (BRA)
7. Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center)
7. Merve Azak (TUR)

Men's 66 kg
1. Hifumi Abe (JPN)
2. Nurali Emomali (TJK)
3. Walide Khyar (FRA)
3. Obid Dzhebov (TJK)
5. David Garcia Torne (ESP)
5. Muhammed Demirel (TUR)
7. Kubanychbek Aibek Uulu (KGZ)
7. Narmandakh Bayanmunkh (UAE)

Also Competed: Ari Berliner (Schenectady, NY / NYAC / Jason Morris Judo Center), 1-1
Isaiah Ramirez (Barstow, CA / Barstow PAL Judo Club), 0-1

Women's 52 kg
1. Uta Abe (JPN)
2. Chelsie Giles (GBR)
3. Ayumi Leiva Sanchez (ESP)
3. Ana Viktorija Puljiz (CRO)
5. Sita Kadamboeva (UZB)
5. Odette Giuffrida (ITA)
7. Kelly Deguchi (CAN)
7. Yeqing Zhu (CHN)

Also Competed: Angelica Delgado (Miami, FL / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center), 2-1

Men's 73 kg
1. Adil Osmanov (MDA)
2. Rashid Mammadaliyev (AZE)
3. Umalt Demirel (TUR)
3. Shakhram Akhadov (UZB)
5. Manuel Parlati (ITA)
5. Abubakr Sherov (TJK)
7. Bilal Ciloglu (TUR)
7. Masayuki Terada (THA)

Women's 57 kg
1. Christa Deguchi (CAN)
2. Jessica Lima (BRA)
3. Faiza Mokdar (FRA)
3. Maysa Pardayeva (TKM)
5. Seija Ballhaus (GER)
5. Qi Cai (CHN)
7. Juhee Kim (KOR)
7. Arleta Podolak (POL)

Also Competed: Mariah Holguin (San Antonio, TX / Universal Judo), 0-1

Men's 81 kg
1. Takanori Nagase (JPN)
2. Francois Gauthier Drapeau (CAN)
3. Guilherme Schimidt (BRA)
3. Joao Fernando (POR)
5. Antonio Esposito (ITA)
5. David Karapetyan (AIN)
7. Vedat Albayrak (TUR)
7. Victor Sterpu (MDA)

Also Competed: Kell Berliner (Schenectady, NY / Jason Morris Judo Center), 0-1

Women's 63 kg
1. Jisu Kim (KOR)
2. Dali Liluashvili (AIN)
3. Miku Takaichi (JPN)
3. Katarina Kristo (CRO)
5. Magdalena Krssakova (AUT)
5. Iva Oberan (CRO)
7. Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (CAN)
7. Alessia Corrao (BEL)

Also Competed: Hannah Martin (Burnt Hills, NY / NYAC), 0-1

Men's 90 kg
1. Sanshiro Murao (JPN)
2. Vugar Talibov (AZE)
3. Ivan Felipe Silva Morales (CUB)
3. Mihael Zgank (TUR)
5. Davlat Bobonov (UZB)
5. Peter Safrany (HUN)
7. Maxime-Gael Ngayap Hambou (FRA)
7. Rafael Macedo (BRA)

Women's 70 kg
1. Michaela Polleres (AUT)
2. Tais Pina (POR)
3. Madina Taimazova (AIN)
3. Ai Tsunoda Roustant (ESP)
5. Kim Polling (NED)
5. Aoife Coughlan (AUS)
7. Luana Carvalho (BRA)
7. Giovanna Scoccimarro (GER)

Also Competed: Melissa Myers (Burnt Hills, NY / Jason Morris Judo Center), 0-1

Men's 100 kg
1. Jorge Fonseca (POR)
2. Shady Elnahas (CAN)
3. Gonchigsuren Batkhuyag (MGL)
3. Aaron Wolf (JPN)
5. Leonardo Goncalves (BRA)
5. Arman Adamian (AIN)
7. Michael Korrel (NED)
7. Aleksandar Kukolj (SRB)

Also Competed: Nate Keeve (San Rafael, CA / NYAC), 0-1

Women's 78 kg
1. Madeleine Malonga (FRA)
2. Alina Boehm (GER)
3. Zhenzhao Ma (CHN)
3. AnnaMaria Wagner (GER)
5. Emma Reid (GBR)
5. Giorgia Stangherlin (ITA)
7. Patricia Sampaio (POR)
7. Metka Lobnik (SLO)

Men's +100 kg
1. Teddy Riner (FRA)
2. Tatsuru Saito (JPN)
3. Erik Abramov (GER)
3. Valeriy Endovitskiy (AIN)
5. Shokhrukhkhon Bakhtiyorov (UZB)
5. Rafael Silva (BRA)
7. Marius Fizel (SVK)
7. Martti Puumalainen (FIN)

Women's +78 kg
1. Julia Tolofua (FRA)
2. Xin Su (CHN)
3. Kayra Ozdemir (TUR)
3. Hilal Ozturk (TUR)
5. Hayun Kim (KOR)
5. Lea Fontaine (FRA)
7. Shiyan Xu (CHN)
7. Milica Zabic (SRB)