Yerzhan Shynkeev wins bronze at Grand Prix in Düsseldorf

ASTANA. KAZINFORM Kazakh heavyweight Yerzhan Shynkeev (+100 kg) won bronze medal at 2017 IJF Grand Prix in Düsseldorf, Sports.kz reports.

Shynkeev reached repechage bracket, where he sensationally defeated the current Olympic champion - Czech Lukas Krpalek (wazari).

During the afternoon session Yerzhan defeated Brazilian Ryan Izquierdo and Georgian Adam Okruashvili (wazari), but lost to Japanese Hisayoshi Harasawa taking 3 Shido. In the first fight in the repechage bracket Kazakh heavyweight defeated Yacov Hammo from Ukraine.

346 judoka from 50 nations participated in Düsseldorf 2017: Judo Grand-Prix that was held on February 24th to 26th.