00:00Welcome back to the International Judo Federation World Tour and to one of its most revered stops, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
00:08The Step Arena was the host of the first tournament offering LA Olympic qualification points,
00:14so many of the world's biggest judo stars were in action.
00:18At under 48kg, Koga Wakana took on Zhuang Wena in the final.
00:25An O-Chigari for Yuko proved the slightest of differences in a close battle and saw Koga take the win.
00:33International Judo Federation Education and Coaching Director Mr. Mohamed Meridja was on hand to award the medals.
00:40The under 60kg final was high-caliber, world number one Balabe Agaev up against current world champion Nagiyama Ryuju.
00:50A Yuko score from the Aziri was enough to earn him the gold.
00:58The organisation is at a high level. The atmosphere in the arena is at a high level.
01:03So what can I say? Only thank you to all of them.
01:08He was awarded his medal by Vice President of the Mongolian Judo Association, Mr. Turbold Bolbatar.
01:15At under 52kg, Olympic and five-time world champion Abe Uta looked to be right at her very best, dispatching
01:24every fighter in her path to the final.
01:26With her opponent there unable to compete, Abe claimed a record-breaking 12th Grand Slam gold medal, the most by
01:34any woman.
01:36Wow, with so many people cheering for us, I just think it's such a wonderful country.
01:41She was awarded her medal by Referee Director of the International Judo Federation, Miss Tina Tersteniak.
01:48Current under 66kg world champion Takeoka Takeshi looked supreme all day.
01:55A strong Wazari score in the final saw him best Ramazan Abdullayev.
02:05The medals were awarded by Chair of the Mongolian State Committee of Physical Culture and Sports, Mr. Bilegt Erdinsaiken.
02:14In the under 57kg final, Amori Akari caught Sierra Leone Sezik with an opportune sacrifice technique to score and take
02:23a fourth title on the day for Japan.
02:34She was awarded the gold by Referee Supervisor of the International Judo Federation, Mr. Mathieu Bataille.
02:42Sukhbat by Ambasuren gave the home crowd reason to celebrate, taking a hard-earned bronze medal for the host nation.
02:52Join us tomorrow for the middleweights and more big judo stars.
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