New judo world rankings published
28.06.2015The new rankings take into account performances at May’s IBSA World Games in Seoul, Korea.
Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine and Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan compete in the Men's 73kg gold medal contest at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
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IBSA Judo published its latest world rankings for the sport on 23 June following’s May IBSA World Games in Seoul, Korea.
The men’s classes are dominated by athletes from Uzbekistan and Ukraine.
Uzbekistani judoka Sherzod Namozov (-60kg), Nurbek Berdiyorov (-66kg) and Shukhrat Boboev (-90kg) currently top the rankings in their respective weight categories, as do Ukrainians Dmytro Solovey (-73kg), Olxandr Kosinov (-81kg).
The only non-Uzbekistani or Ukrainian athlete to top the world rankings is Russia’s Gaidar Gaidarov in the +100kg class, helped by the fact he won gold last month in Seoul.
In the women’s rankings, three gold medal winners from the World Games top their respective weight categories - Germany’s Carmen Brussig (-48kg), Ukraine’s Svitland Chepurina (-70kg) and Russia’s Irina Kayanova (+70kg).
The other two weight categories are led by Ukrainians Nataliya Nikolaychyk (-52kg) and Iryna Husieva (-63kg).
To view the world rankings click here.
