Olympic bronze medallist Ami Kondo from Japan topped the women's -48kg category in Friday's competition, reports Xinhua.
Kondo's teammate Uta Abe held down Chinese judoka Wu Shugen for 20 seconds and won the women's -52kg final. The gold medal of the women's -57kg contest went to Christa Deguchi, who standed for Canada.
Former world champion Yeldos Smetov from Kazakstan won an all-Kazakh final for his fourth Grand Prix gold in the men's -60kg category. Japan's Maruyama Joshiro won the men's -66kg contest.
The three-day event marked the official start of judo's qualification process for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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