Overview
- Brazil added three bronzes on Saturday at the Astana Grand Slam, joining Sarah Souza’s Friday podium to make four medals so far with the event set to conclude Sunday.
- Rafaela Silva earned -63 kg bronze by defeating 2024 world champion Joanne Van Lieshout, taking their head-to-head to 2–1.
- Nauana Silva, competing in her first Grand Slam at -70 kg, took bronze over Poland’s Aleksandra Kowalewska after arriving ranked No. 55.
- David Lima secured -81 kg bronze by beating Kazakhstan’s Doskhan Zholzhaxynov after a run of four wins in five bouts.
- Sarah Souza’s -57 kg bronze on Friday was her first IJF World Tour medal and was reported to be worth 500 ranking points, likely lifting her from world No. 45 toward the top 30.