Amandine Buchard (-52kg) won the bronze medal on the opening day of the Osaka Grand Slam. She has mastered the Korean Park Da Sol.
World No. 1 in its category, Amandine Buchard has allowed the French clan to get their first medal of the weekend in Osaka. After the failure of Melanie Clément in the - 48 kg, the French has managed a last very clean fight against the Korean Park Da Sol, to make up for its defeat in the semifinals (against Natsumi Tsunoda), and afford the bronze at the -52 kg.
- 52 kg : 1. Abe (Jap); 2. Tsunoda (Jap); 3. Ai (Jap) and Buchard .