00:00It's the final day of the Dushanbe Grand Slam here in Tajikistan, and once again the
00:05hordes of judo fans were promised another amazing day of action inside the Kasseri Tennis.
00:12The under 90kg final saw Mansur Lursanov face off against Olympic medalist Theodoros
00:18Salidis.
00:19The close encounter went into golden score, and Lursanov took the victory, judged to have
00:25been more active than his opponent.
00:29Tajikistan judo federation president Mr. Ismoyul Mamadzoyer was on hand to award the medals.
00:36In the under 78kg category, UAE's Yelizaveta Litvinenko was the class act of the category.
00:42The experience difference in the final proved key, as Litvinenko produced a huge ogoshi for
00:48Ippon, a first Grand Slam gold for the talented 22-year-old.
00:54Yeah, so I very love this atmosphere in Dushanbe or in Uzbekistan also, it's like the same.
01:01And I very love these people, they make this atmosphere.
01:05She was awarded her medal by first deputy chair of the Committee for Youth and Sports under
01:09the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ms. Shabnam Rahimzoda.
01:15At under 100kg, Fu Chen Huang faced Adam Sangariev.
01:20Huang produced a superb ogoshi gari to stun Sangariev and become the first Chinese man to claim
01:27a world tour gold medal in nine years.
01:35Yeah, I feel it's good.
01:37So it's the last year, I'm in here, Dushanbe, I'm bronze medalist, but I feel the silver medal
01:44and gold medalist is very short, so this year, I'm in two heads.
01:49He was awarded his medal by world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist, Mr. Neil
01:53Adams.
01:56At plus 78kg, Asia Tavano faced Jinsignor Ayman.
02:01A deft ogoshi gari from the Italian helped her defend her title from last year.
02:07The medals were awarded by Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan, Mrs. Matlubakon
02:12Satorion.
02:15In the plus 100kg final, 22-year-old Jakub Sordil took the last gold medal of the event,
02:21turning over and holding down Bislan Katamadov.
02:27A first world tour gold for the Polish athlete.
02:32He was awarded his medal by Mrs. Louisa Adjios Galea, International Judo Federation Executive
02:38Committee member.
02:41It has been yet another memorable visit to Tajikistan for the judo family.
02:45An absolutely electric crowd, a party atmosphere and a successful tournament for the hosts.
02:51Their top stars earning three gold medals.
02:56We'll see you next week in Astana.
02:58We'll see you next week in Astana.
02:59We'll see you next week in Astana.
02:59We'll see you next week in Astana.
02:59We'll see you next week in Astana.
02:59We'll see you next week in Astana.
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