Former Moscow Grand Slam bronze medallist Baldorj topped an IJF Grand Prix podium for the first time after beating team-mate Gankhaich Bold in her final at the Buyant Ukhaa Sport Complex.

There was very little to separate the pair with a shido for passivity against Bold settling the scoreless contest in the 22-year-old Baldorj’s favour.

The first bronze medal was won by Japan’s Maho Nishikawa, who defeated South Korea’s Kim Seulgi, while the second was claimed by Kaho Yonezawa, also of Japan, at the expense of Mongolia’s Baasanjargal Bayarbat.

In the men’s under 81kg final, top seed Nyamsuren justified his standing by overcoming Czech Republic’s Jaromir Musil, silver medallist at the European Open in Prague earlier this year.

The world number 15 put the disappointment of not being picked for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games behind him, securing his best IJF Grand Prix result by throwing Musil for the maximum score with a sode-tsurikomi-goshi after three minutes.

South Korea’s Jung Won Jun and Lee Hui-Jung defeated Azerbaijan’s Afig Safarli and Mongolia’s Altansukh Batmunkh respectively to take the bronze medals.

Mongolia could have replicated their gold medal haul of four from yesterday had it not been for defeats for Naranjargal Tsend-Ayush in the women’s under 70kg final and Batgerel Battsetseg in the men’s under 73kg equivalent.

Almaty Grand Prix silver medallist Tsend-Ayush, one of Mongolia’s strongest medal hopes for Rio 2016, suffered a surprise defeat to Japanese youngster Erina Ike.

Ike, 20, received a shido for passivity before scoring a yuko from a tani-otoshi and then adding a waza-ari as Tsend-Ayush failed with a last-gasp shime-waza attempt.

Croatia’s Barbara Matic beat Mongolia’s Oyungerel Amarsaikhan to take one of the two bronze medals and was joined on the third step of the podium by Davaasuren Munkhbat, who overcome China’s Bai Yutong.

Former Tashkent Grand Prix silver medallist Battsetseg suffered defeat in the men’s under 73kg final, losing against Russia’s Leo Fogel.

As the shidos began to accumulate for both judoka because of their passivity, Fogel stepped up his work rate and threw with a seoi-otoshi for a waza-ari as the contest reached its halfway point.

The Russian added a yuko score before pinning his Mongolian opponent to the tatami for 15 seconds and securing his first IJF Grand Prix gold medal by wazari-awasette-ippon.

Fagan Guluzada defeated Telman Valiyev in an all-Azerbaijani bronze medal match before Mongolia’s Khadbaatar Narankhuu got the better of Slovenia’s Martin Hojak to complete the podium.

Action is due to conclude tomorrow with five more finals.

Men will compete in the under 90kg, under 100kg and over 100kg competitions, while women will take to the tatami in the under 78kg and over 78kg divisions.

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