Paris Grand Slam contest statistics

The season-opening Paris Grand Slam saw the first application of the finalised IJF rules for the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympic Qualification Period.

A set of new rules were tested from last year’s Paris Grand Slam through to the Junior World Championships and following a lengthy review changes were made for the Rio cycle. [Click here to view the rules fo the Rio cycle.]

In Paris, the Bercy crowd witnessd 276 ippons (54.87%) in 503 contests. Technical scores also included 56 waza-ari (11.13%) and 53 yuko (10.54%).

67 shidos (13.32%) were handed out, 48 hansoku-make for four shidos (9.54%), two hansoku-make for a leg grab (0.40%) and one direct hansoku-make (0.20%).

10 contests (1.99%) required golden score.

IJF Referee Director Bernd Achilles said: “We have to improve the equability of application especially for negative Judo. Balance point must be to recognising when a player is really negative against our rules, it means in terms of False attack, Kumi-Kata and Non-Combativity.

“We expect that at the next tournaments the preparation of players will be better and we have to educate the referees exhaustively before the tournaments.”