Laborde Top-5 at Hungary Grand Slam
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by Bill Kellick
(Colorado Springs, CO) – Maria Laborde (Kenosha, Wis. / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) earned the third top-5 Grand Slam finish of her career at the Hungary Grand Slam in Budapest on Friday. The 2024 Olympian placed fifth in the women's 48 kg division. A total of 504 competitors from 67 countries and six continents competed in the three-day event.
Laborde, a bronze medalist earlier in the year at the Tashkent Grand Slam, opened with a victory over Patricia Tomankova (SVK), scoring both a yuko (partial point) and waza-ari (half-point) in the first 64 seconds. Those two scores stood up to advance Laborde to the quarterfinals.
In a closely contested quarterfinal match against Konul Aliyeva (AZE), Laborde scored the only point of the contest on a yuko in the third minute to secure the victory.
Facing Kristina Dudina (RUS) in the semifinals, the match went to Golden Score (sudden death overtime). It was decided in the opening minute when Laborde was assessed her third and disqualifying shido (penalty) for a false attack.
In the bronze-medal match against Baasankhuu Bavuudorj (MGL), Laborde succumbed to an armbar late in the second minute of action as Bavuudorj claimed her place on the podium.
Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:
Men’s 60 kg
1. Izhak Ashpiz (ISR)
2. Enzo Jean (FRA)
3. David Starkel (SLO)
3. Artem Lesiuk (UKR)
5. Marton Andrasi (HUN)
5. Murad Muradli (AZE)
7. B. Tralhao Fernandes (POR)
7. Csanad Feczko (HUN)
Also Competed: Christopher Velazco (Coral Springs, Fla. / New York Athletic Club / Ki-itsu-sai National Training Center), 0-1; Joshua Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / USA Judo National Resident Team), 0-1.
Women’s 48 kg
1. Sabina Giliazova (RUS)
2. Kristine Dudina (RUS)
3. Tomoka Arakawa (JPN)
3. Baasankhuu Bavuudorj (MGL)
5. Amber Gersjes (NED)
5. Maria Laborde (Kenosha, Wis. / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center)
7. Konul Aliyeva (AZE)
7. Merve Azak (TUR)
Men’s 66 kg
1. Boyan Yotov (BUL)
2. Byambasuren Ulziibayar (MGL)
3. Denis Vieru (MDA)
3. Ryusei Seki (JPN)
5. Nizami Imranov (AZE)
5. Kelvin Ray (FRA)
7. Ivan Chernykh (RUS)
7. Bence Pongracz (HUN)
Also Competed: Jacob Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / USA Judo National Resident Team), 0-1
Women’s 52 kg
1. Ayumi Leiva Sanchez (ESP)
2. Barbara Twarowska (POL)
3. Odette Giuffrida (ITA)
3. Tereza Bodnarova (CZE)
5. Naomi Van Krevel (NED)
5. Liliia Nugaeva (RUS)
7. Larissa Pimenta (BRA)
7. Gefen Primo (ISR)
Men’s 73 kg
1. Rashid Mammadaliyev (AZE)
2. Narek Vardanian (SWE)
3. Shusuke Uchimura (JPN)
3. Ibrahim Demirel (TUR)
5. Messaoud Redouane Dris (ALG)
5. Giovanni Esposito (ITA)
7. Chusniddin Karimov (CZE)
7. Ohad Moritz (ISR)
Also Competed: Jack Yonezuka (West Long Branch, NJ / NYAC / Cranford JKC), 0-1.
Women’s 57 kg
1. Haruka Funakubo (JPN)
2. Olga Mukhina (RUS)
3. Sarah Souza (BRA)
3. Seija Ballhaus (GER)
5. Luca Veg (HUN)
5. Emma Melis (FRA)
7. Laura Igaz (HUN)
7. Mariana Esteves (GUI)
Men’s 81 kg
1. Yoshito Hojo (JPN)
2. Mihajlo Simin (SRB)
3. Murodjon Yuldoshev (UZB)
3. Vusal Galandarzade (AZE)
5. Vasilije Grujicic (SRB)
5. Nace Herkovic (SLO)
7. Petru Pelivan (MDA)
7. Abubakr Boqiev (TJK)
Also Competed: Johan Silot (Salem, Mass. / NYAC / Pedro's Judo Center), 0-1.
Women’s 63 kg
1. Megu Danno (JPN)
2. Kaja Kajzer Zabkar (SLO)
3. Kerem Primo (ISR)
3. Ariela Sanchez Benitez (ESP)
5. Laura Fazliu (KOS)
5. Lubjana Piovesana (AUT)
7. Natalia Kropska (POL)
7. Carlotta Avanzato (ITA)
Also Competed: Sara Golden (Crystal Lake, Ill. / USA Judo National Resident Team), 0-1.
Men’s 90 kg
1. Guilherme Schimidt (BRA)
2. Boris Rutovic (SRB)
3. Mihail Latisev (MDA)
3. Lachlan Moorhead (GBR)
5. Astemir Abazov (RUS)
5. Yahor Varapayeu (BLR)
7. Rafael Macedo (BRA)
7. Kenny Komi Bedel (ITA)
Also Competed: John Jayne (Chicago, Ill.), 0-1.
Women’s 70 kg
1. Elisavet Teltsidou (GRE)
2. Kaillany Cordoso (BRA)
3. Serafima Moscalu (ROU)
3. Michaela Polleres (AUT)
5. Ingrid Nilsson (SWE)
5. Tais Pina (POR)
7. Lara Cvjetko (CRO)
7. Ida Eriksson (SWE)
Also Competed: Isabella Garriga (Richmond, Texas / USA Judo National Resident Team / Westlake Judo Team), 1-1; Melissa Myers (Burnt Hills, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center), 0-1.
Men’s 100 kg
1. Gennaro Pirelli (ITA)
2. Jorge Fonseca (POR)
3. Niiaz Bilalov (RUS)
3. Daniel Eich (SUI)
5. Boris Georgiev (BUL)
5. Iosif Simin (ISR)
7. Gor Karapetyan (ARM)
7. Rares Arsenie (ROU)
Also Competed: Daniel Liubimovski (Staten Island, N.Y. / NYAC / Colton Brown Training Center), 1-1.
Women’s 78 kg
1. Petrunjela Pavic (CRO)
2. Mao Izumi (JPN)
3. Fanny Estelle Posvite (FRA)
3. Metka Lobnik (SLO)
5. Eliza Wroblewska (POL)
5. Julie Hoelterhoff (GER)
7. Lea Schmid (GER)
7. Marit Kamps (NED)
Men +100 kg
1. Valerii Endovitskii (RUS)
2. Marek-Adrian Masak (EST)
3. Losseni Kone (GER)
3. Dzhamal Gamzatkhanov (AZE)
5. Jakub Sordyl (POL)
5. Yakiv Khammo (UKR)
7. Marius Fizel (SVK)
7. Yevheniy Balyevskyy (UKR)
Also Competed: Alex Semenenko (Staten Island, N.Y. / NYAC / Generation Judo Club), 0-1.
Women’s +78 kg
1. Raz Hershko (ISR)
2. Celia Cancan (FRA)
3. Safa Soliman (EGY)
3. Emma-Melis Aktas (EST)
5. Helena Vukovic (CRO)
5. Siwar Dhawedi (TUN)
7. Sydnee Andrews (NZL)
7. Tina Radic (CRO)
