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Tuesday, 4 May 2021
A total of 409 judoka from 79 nations are set to take part in the International Judo Federation s (IJF) Kazan Grand Slam, which will be the last major event ahead of the Budapest World Championships and the Olympic competition in Tokyo.
The three-day Kazan Grand Slam starts tomorrow, with the World Championships scheduled from June 6 to 13 and the Olympic judo competition set to begin on July 24.
The Russian and Tatarstan Judo Federations have combined to deliver this event in a relatively short time following the signing of the contract, and it replaces the Paris Grand Slam on the pre-Games calendar.
Proud Armenian Ferdinand Karapetian in the race for Tokyo
9 Mar 2021 17:35
By Lusine Shahbazyan and JudoInside
JudoInside.com / judo news, results and photos
Ferdinand Karapetian of Armenia won the European senior title in 2018 in Tel Aviv. This weekend he showed his best judo with beautiful scores at the Grand Slam in Tashkent. Karapetian is maybe a lonely wolf, fighting in different countries as one of the few Armenian fighters. He travel by himself and trains in as many countries as possible if corona allows.
Karapetian (28) also competed for Russia in his early days where he won national medals as senior and U23. Later he took medals at European Cup level (Dubrovnik 2016) and moved up to medals at European Open level (Minsk 2017). Ferdinand took a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2018 and was in the final of Ekaterinburg in 2018.