Mongolian judokas have taken gold and bronze medals at the Grand Slam which took place on 10-12^th of March in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. A total of 204 judokas (126 men and 78 women) from 32 countries participated in the competition.

Five men and one woman from Mongolia have competed in the event, which offers a total cash prize amount of USD 154 thousand. G.Odbayar won gold in the men’s 73 kg category and O.Uuganbaatar silver in the men’s 81 kg category. Two other Mongolians, D.Amartuvshin and G.Kherlen, were awarded cash prizes.

G.Odbayar, champion of Baku Grand Slam defeated Lasha Shavdatuashvili, a gold and silver medalist of the 2016 Olympics as well as Riki Nakaya, another silver medalist of Rio.