Female judokas compete at Grand Prix Hohhot
Jiang Yahong (second from right) from Inner Mongolia celebrates after winning the bronze medal against Ukraine’s Daria Bilodid during the women’s 48kg semi-final at the World Judo Grand Prix Hohhot on June 30, 2017. Yu Jeong Kang (second from left) from South Korea won the final against Russia’s Irina Dolgova (left). [Photo/Xinhua]
Wang Xin (left) from Hebei province fights Mongolian judo athlete Azzaya Chintogtokh during the women’s 52kg at the World Judo Grand Prix Hohhot on June 30, 2017. Eventually, Wang won third place by beating Mongolia’s Urantsetseg Munkhbat during the semi-final, and the championship was won by Song Sim Rim from North Korea who beat Canada’s Ecaterina Guica in the final. [Photo/Xinhua]
Japanese judoka Momo Tamaoki (left) competes during the women’s 57kg at the World Judo Grand Prix Hohhot on June 30, 2017. Tamaoki won gold after defeating Rio finalist Sumiya Dorjsuren from Mongolia. Tamaoki also won gold at the European Open in Oberwart earlier this year. [Photo/Xinhua]
Viola Waechter (middle) from Germany celebrates after winning the bronze medal for the women’s 57kg at the World Judo Grand Prix Hohhot on June 30, 2017. Waechter won her first Grand Prix at the age of 28 in Samsun. She won a silver medal when she was 19 in 2006 and a bronze at Grand Prix Jeju 2015. Waechter returned to form in 2017 and won bronze at the European Open in Prague. [Photo/Xinhua]