Grand Slam Paris - Paris, France

AGHAYEV SHOCKS ON OPENING DAY OF PARIS GRAND SLAM

It is not often that an unseeded athlete storms to a Paris Grand slam title. Even more impressive when it happens to be a first ever Grand Slam appearance. But that is exactly what happened in the -60kg category as Azerbaijan’s Balabay AGHAYEV (AZE) confounded the pundits with a display…

16 October 2021

Grand Slam Paris - Paris, France

PARIS GRAND SLAM MARKS FIVE DECADES OF JUDO SUPREMACY

It has felt like a long time since we’ve been able to get excited about the Paris Grand Slam, or for those who have been fans for five whole decades, the Tournoi de Paris! Fifty years ago, the now most celebrated Grand Slam event on the tour first opened its…

14 October 2021