00:00The third and final day of this year's OTP Group Tashkent Grand Slam
00:04saw the heavyweights take centre stage at the Humo Arena.
00:10The crowd were ready for action.
00:13At under 90kg, Lasha Bakaori, the double Olympic champion,
00:17made it to the final, where he met Murad Fatyev.
00:20And it was Fatyev who shot the Georgian, scoring with a low Taiatoshi.
00:25A second career Grand Slam goal for the man from Azerbaijan.
00:33The support was outstanding.
00:35I heard they were chanting,
00:37Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan!
00:39This gave me extra motivation to become the winner.
00:43International Judo Federation Education and Coaching Director,
00:47Mr. Mohamed Maridja, was on hand to award the medals.
00:50At under 78kg, Kaila Isufi took on Anna Montaulek.
00:55And it was the dynamic Frenchwoman who upgraded
00:58her two previous Grand Slam bronze medals to her first gold,
01:02keeping concentration to secure an arm lock and force the submission.
01:09It was just amazing. Everybody was screaming, cheering for me.
01:13A lot of pictures. It really warmed my heart. I didn't expect.
01:17And I'm so happy. It's my first time here. And I hope not the last.
01:21She was awarded her medal by Mr. Armin Bagdasarov,
01:25International Judo Federation Head Referee Director.
01:28At under 100kg, Uzbekistan's Ernazar Sarcenbaev faced Syed Sadrudinov,
01:34who managed to earn Bahrain's first ever IJF World Tour gold medal,
01:39snatching a dramatic victory in the dying seconds.
01:42He was awarded his medal by Uzbekistan Judo Federation President,
01:46Mr. Aziz John Kamilov.
01:49At plus 78kg, Akira Sone saw off the challenge of Lea Fontaine by way of a yuko.
01:58A first title in three years for the former world and Olympic champion.
02:03The medals were awarded by International Judo Federation Head Sport Director,
02:07Mr. Vladimir Barter.
02:12At plus 100kg, the crowd were ready for home hero, Alisha Yusupov.
02:19He was facing off against Kanan Nasibov.
02:22And Nasibov broke Uzbek hearts with a hold down in golden score.
02:31He was awarded his medal by Olympic Council of Asia Vice President,
02:35Mr. Otebek Umarov.
02:38Throughout the event, and especially today,
02:41the Uzbek athletes showed their strength and determination,
02:45coming up time and time again with some breathtaking Judo.
02:52That's all from Tashkent.
02:54Thank you Uzbekistan.
02:55And we'll see you very soon, next weekend in Linz, Austria.
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