Holguin and Terao Earn Top-16 Grand Slam Results in Kazakhstan

(Colorado Springs, CO) – Two weeks after their podium finishes at the Senior Pan Am-Oceania Championships, Mariah Holguin (San Antonio, TX / Universal Judo) and David Terao (Fairfax, VA) each advanced to the round of 16 at the final Grand Slam of the Olympic qualifying season in Astana, Kazakhstan on Friday.

2024 Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam Results

Both of Holguin’s matches in the 57 kg division would come down to penalties as she won her round of 32 match on penalties over Manita Shrestha Pradhan (NEP), but lost on penalties in the 16 to 2023 Dushanbe Grand Prix Champion Shukurjon Aminova (UZB).

A silver medalist in the 60 kg division at the Senior Pan Ams, Terao was thrown in the second minute of his round of 32 match against Tugol Kanatbek Uulu (KGZ) for a waza-ari score. Terao continued to press his opponent, throwing Uulu for ippon with a tomoe nage (circular sacrifice throw) late in the second minute. In the round of 16, Terao had a rematch of his Senior Pan Am final against Michel Augusto (BRA). Terao took the 2024 Portugal Grand Prix silver medalist into Golden Score (sudden death overtime) before dropping the match on penalties.

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

Men’s 60 kg
1. Ramazan Abdulaev (AIN)
2. Yung Wei Yang (TPE)
3. Andrea Carlino (ITA)
3. Yeldos Smetov (KAZ)
5. Nazir Talibov (AZE)
5. Ahmad Yusifov (AZE)
7. Michel Augusto (BRA)
7. Aybek Omirov (TKM)

Also Competed: David Terao (Fairfax, VA), 1-1

Women’s 48 kg
1. Galiya Tynbayeva (KAZ)
2. Sabina Giliazova (AIN)
3. Tugce Beder (TUR)
3. Shirine Boukli (FRA)
5. Leyla Aliyeva (AZE)
5. Gemma Maria Gomez Antona (ESP)
7. Zongying Guo (CHN)
7. Natasha Ferreira (BRA)

Men’s 66 kg
1. Murad Chopanov (AIN)
2. Matteo Piras (ITA)
3. Luukas Saha (FIN)
3. Kamran Suleymanov (AZE)
5. Strahinja Buncic (SRB)
5. Ruslan Pashayev (AZE)
7. Ismail Misirov (AIN)
7. Serdar Rahimov (TKM)

Women’s 52 kg
1. Gefen Primo (ISR)
2. Larissa Pimenta (BRA)
3. Ayumi Leiva Sanchez (ESP)
3. Yeqing Zhu (CHN)
5. Ana Viktorija Puljiz (CRO)
5. Maria Siderot (POR)
7. Yerin Jung (KOR)
7. Aleksandra Kaleta (POL)

Men’s 73 kg
1. Manuel Lombardo (ITA)
2. Danil Lavrentev (AIN)
3. Bakhitzhan Abdurakhmanov (KAZ)
3. Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov (AIN)
5. Joshua Green (IRL)
5. Vusal Galandarzade (AZE)
7. Tohar Butbul (ISR)
7. Karim Abdulayev (UAE)

Women’s 57 kg
1. Christa Deguchi (CAN)
2. Rafaela Silva (BRA)
3. Sarah Leonie Cysique (FRA)
3. Haruka Funakubo (JPN)
5. Maysa Pardayeva (TKM)
5. Shukurjon Aminova (UZB)
7. Chen-Ling Lien (TPE)
7. Kaja Kajzer (SLO)

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

Men’s 81 kg
1. Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)
2. Timo Cavelius (GER)
3. Abylaikhan Zhubanazar (KAZ)
3. Sotaro Fujiwara (JPN)
5. Aurelien Bonferroni (SUI)
5. Attila Ungvari (HUN)
7. Khasan Khalmurzaev (AIN)
7. Alfonso Urquiza Solana (ESP)

Women’s 63 kg
1. Katarina Kristo (CRO)
2. Andreja Leski (SLO)
3. Dena Pohl (GER)
3. Minami Aono (JPN)
5. Iva Oberan (CRO)
5. Nauana Silva (BRA)
7. Dali Liluashvili (AIN)
7. Kamila Badurova (AIN)

Men’s 90 kg
1. Yahor Varapayeu (AIN)
2. Eduard Trippel (GER)
3. Eljan Hajiyez (AZE)
3. Vugar Talibov (AZE)
5. Eldar Allakhverdiev (AIN)
5. Nemanja Majdov (SRB)
7. Nika Kharazishvili (GEO)
7. Alex Cret (ROU)

Also Competed: John Jayne (Chicago, IL), 0-1

Women’s 70 kg
1. Tais Pina (POR)
2. Lara Cvjetko (CRO)
3. Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown (GBR)
3. Kim Polling (ITA)
5. Ekaterina Tokareva (KAZ)
5. Eliza Wroblewska (POL)
7. Gulnoza Matniyazova (UZB)
7. Laerke Olsen (DEN)

Men’s 100 kg
1. Aaron Wolf (JPN)
2. Daniel Eich (SUI)
3. Jorge Fonseca (POR)
3. Peter Paltchik (ISR)
5. Zlatko Kumric (CRO)
5. Piotr Kuczera (POL)
7. Anton Savytskiy (UKR)
7. Mathias Madsen (DEN)

Women’s 78 kg
1. Zhenzhao Ma (CHN)
2. Anna Monta Olek (GER)
3. Emma Reid (GBR)
3. Nadezhda Tatarchenko (AIN)
5. Beata Pacut-Kloczko (POL)
5. Vanessa Chala (ECU)
7. Iriskhon Kurbanbaeva (UZB)
7. Giorgia Stangherlin (ITA)

Men’s +100 kg
1. Tatsuru Saito (JPN)
2. Temur Rakhimov (TJK)
3. Jur Spijkers (NED)
3. Ibrahim Tataroglu (TUR)
5. Yevheniy Balyevskyy (UKR)
5. Bislan Katamardov (AIN)
7. Irakli Demetrashvili (GEO)
7. Martti Puumalainen (FIN)

Women’s +78 kg
1. Romane Dicko (FRA)
2. Xin Su (CHN)
3. Elis Startseva (AIN)
3. Akira Sone (JPN)
5. Nominzul Dambadarjaa (MGL)
5. Khrystyna Homan (UKR)
7. Daria Vladimirova (AIN)
7. Shiyan Xu (CHN)