The acrobat, Georgii ZANTARAIA (UKR) throws DOVDON Altansukh (MGL) in the semifinal of the men's -66kg weight division.
The final of the men's -60kg opposed NAGAYAMA Ryuju (JPN) and Robert MSHVIDOBADZE (RUS). The Japanese won gold after having scored a waza-ari with a superb counterattack that was very close to score a ippon.
Aelita CHSHERBAKOVA (KAZ) was defeated by Hilde JAGER with a superb o-uchi-gari in the first round of the women's -70kg weight division.
Zhansay SMAGULOV (KAZ) executed a perfect eri-seoi-nage against SCVORTOV Victor (UAE) in the first round of the men's -73kg.
Sometimes a judo match can end within a second.
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