00:00The World Judo Tour returned to Astana
00:02for this year's edition of the Kazakhstan Barisi Grand Slam.
00:05The arena was filled with spectators,
00:07ready to see what was sure to be an exciting day of judo.
00:10In attendance was Republic of Kazakhstan President,
00:13His Excellency Mr. Kasim Yomar Tokayev,
00:16alongside International Judo Federation President, Mr. Marius Vizia.
00:20In the under 60kg category,
00:22Kazakhstan's Talgat Ursin Basar took on Sukhbat by Ambosyren of Mongolia,
00:27competing in the final of his home tournament
00:29for the second year running.
00:30He settled for silver again,
00:32as Bayambosyren claimed his first Grand Slam gold.
00:37He was awarded his medal by CEO of Sovereign Wealth Fund,
00:41Sumruk Kaznia, Mr. Nurlan Zhakupov.
00:46It wasn't really a problem for me to fight against the home country.
00:49I just wanted to show my judo.
00:52And I'm happy that I did that.
00:55The under 48kg final saw an in-form Amber Khershiz
00:59up against Naransetsek Ganbatar.
01:02A yuco was enough to give Khershiz a first Grand Slam gold medal.
01:07Minister of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan,
01:10Mr. Yerbol Mirzabosynov,
01:11was on hand to award the medals.
01:14I've been working on being more patient.
01:17And then after last week,
01:18I got definitely a little boost of confidence.
01:20I was like, okay, this week it's going to be mine.
01:22So I just need to get it.
01:23And I did.
01:25The under 52kg final
01:27saw Blandin Pont compete against Khodoloy Bishrelt.
01:30A very close-fought contest
01:32saw Pont score a yuco and claim gold.
01:35Mr. Nasser Altamimi,
01:36General Treasurer of the International Judo Federation,
01:39awarded the gold.
01:40A scintillating under 66kg final
01:43saw Saigid Kerimov
01:44fighting Abdurakim Nutfoloyev.
01:47The Uzbek used an unusual kategoruma technique
01:49to score the only yuco
01:51and take home the gold medal.
01:55Taking some time to celebrate with his fans
01:57before accepting his medal
01:59from CEO of Harvest Group,
02:01Mr. Almaz Alsinov.
02:07With the crowd still in full voice,
02:10the under 57kg final
02:11saw an all-French encounter
02:13as Faisa Mokdar took on Chloe de Victor.
02:17Mokdar took full control of the contest
02:19and after scoring early on,
02:20she pinned her compatriot
02:22and giving her no way out,
02:24claimed the gold medal.
02:29She was awarded the gold medal
02:31by Chairman and Group CEO of Met Group,
02:33Mr. Benjamin Lakatos.
02:37There were some great moments of action
02:39from the home team,
02:40showing the consistency of Kazakh judo
02:42on the world stage
02:43and giving the passionate crowd
02:44plenty to celebrate,
02:45ending the first day with two medals.
02:54Join us tomorrow
02:55for the middleweights.
02:56and just a group.
02:58Ours,
02:58we have recommended
02:59The disputed
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