00:00Welcome back to the École Montolivé-Lausanne Grand Slam in Switzerland at the Vaudois Arena.
00:06Before today's event, Mr. Marius Wieser, International Judo Federation President,
00:10and Sergei Ashwandan, Swiss Judo Federation President,
00:13signed a contract to bring the 2028 World Judo Championships to Switzerland.
00:21President Wieser then officially opened the Grand Slam.
00:24There were also speeches from Miss Emily Moshla, Director of Sports and Social Cohesion for Lausanne.
00:30Miss Christelle-Louisier-Brodard, President of the Council of the State of Vaud.
00:34Mr. Sergei Ashwandan, President of the Swiss Judo Federation.
00:39And Mr. Demian Antoine, President of the Deaf International Judo Federation.
00:45Additionally, Kazuhiro Mikami-Sensei was awarded his 10th dan, the highest rank in Judo.
00:52Continuing the unity between the World Tour athletes and the adaptive Judo disciplines,
00:56today, Deaf Judo were immersed in the Grand Slam competition, taking to the tatami alongside their peers.
01:03On the mat at under 63kg, Angelika Zymanska pounced on a failed attack from Manon Dekater,
01:09deploying her trademark armlock for the win.
01:15Mr. Christophe Duby, IOC Olympic Games Executive Director, was on hand to award the medals.
01:21In the under 73kg final, with Swiss World Champion Neil Stump watching on,
01:26Daniel Kagnin came back with a huge counter-attack to take the gold medal.
01:36I'm very happy because now it's important for the points to qualification to Olympic Games.
01:45He was awarded his medal by Asoif President, Mr. Ingmar De Vos.
01:53Myriam Butkeret and Giovanna Scotchimaro of Germany both made it to the final at under 70kg,
01:59with Butkeret judged the victor.
02:03Yesterday the children of the school were here and always a good crowd, loud crowd, I love it.
02:14Mr. Simon Benhamou, CEO of CBH Bank, awarded the medals.
02:21In the final of the under 81kg category, Ablai Khan Zubanazar produced a lightning-fast foot-sweep for Yuko to
02:28win.
02:31The medals were awarded by IOC member Mr. Mustafa Beraf.
02:40Many of the Swiss team produced strong performances throughout the second day.
02:49Topped off by Aurelian Bonferroni winning a bronze medal for the home nation.
02:57The final day awaits.
