At ten o'clock sharp this morning, the first athletes showed up on the tatami of the Dom Sportova Stadium to launch the Zagreb Grand Prix 2017. For five consecutive years the top athletes of the world have been gathering together in Croatia for what the President of the Federation, Dr. Sanda Corak, likes to present as the most important senior event organised by the Croatian Judo Federation. Last August Dr. Sanda Corak received the ‘Best Development of a National Federation‘ award on the occasion of the IJF 65th anniversary gala in Budapest.