00:00The final day of the Judo Grand Slam in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia,
00:03delivered yet more top-quality Judo inside the Step Arena.
00:10A strong Mongolian crowd was present to witness the last of the action from this year's event.
00:15Many of the biggest names in world Judo showed up,
00:18hoping for a share of the first qualification points towards Los Angeles.
00:23At under 90kg, Murau Sanchiro, the current world champion,
00:27flew through to the final, where he met Kim Jong-hun.
00:31Displaying his dominance in the category, Murau comfortably threw and pinned his opponent
00:36to take a ninth Grand Slam title.
00:46I'm happy I won, but there are still things I want to do,
00:49so I want to train hard again for the World Championships in October.
00:54Mr. Nikolas Mesner, Media and Judo for Peace Director of the International Judo Federation,
00:59was on hand to award the medals.
01:01It was age against youth in the under-78kg final.
01:0436-year-old Audrey Chemayo versus 22-year-old Elizaveta Litvinenko.
01:11With two victories each in their head-to-head,
01:13Litvinenko outclassed her more experienced opponent this time.
01:24My friend from Mongolia and she says that she will show me Mongolia
01:30and after tomorrow or tomorrow we go watch Mongolia.
01:35General Treasurer of the International Judo Federation,
01:38Mr. Nasser Altamini awarded the gold.
01:42Gennaro Pirelli and Idar Bifov contested the final of the under-100kg.
01:49After a cagey affair, it was Pirelli who was judged to have been the more active of the two.
02:00He was awarded his gold medal by Mr. Sergei Soloveitchik,
02:03President of the Russian Judo Federation.
02:05The final of the plus-78kg category was hotly anticipated,
02:10Arai Mao versus Roman Dicot.
02:13Arai came out victorious, tying her opponent up to force a submission.
02:21The medals were awarded by President of Max Group,
02:24partner of the Mongolian Judo Association,
02:26Mr. Ganbatar Dagvadorj.
02:32At plus-100kg, Kim Min Jong took on Irakli Demetrasvili.
02:38And it was the former world champion Kim who completed a dominant day
02:41by earning the heavyweight title.
02:44The final gold medal was awarded by Mr. Vladimir Barta,
02:47Head Sport Director of the International Judo Federation.
02:51Thank you, Mongolia.
02:53We're back next week with a Grand Prix from Qingdao, China.
02:57See you next week at the top silencer show.
02:57We have a great day at the right time.
02:57I'll see you now.
02:58I'll see you next week.
02:58Bye now.
02:58Bye now.
02:59Bye now.
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