Excited judo fans were in attendance for the third and final day of the Düsseldorf Grand Slam where Japanese judokas again proved their dominance, comfortably topping the medals tally as they won a total of nine gold medals out of a sum of 14 on offer at the thrilling three-day tournament.
The medals were awarded by German Judo Federation President Mr Peter Frese.
"We are both good athletes, but in a battle it’s inevitable that somebody has to be victorious," said Idalys Ortiz in an interview.
Powerful performance from Azerbaijan's Mehdiyev
The top spot of the -90kg rostrum was claimed by Mammadali Mehdiyev of Azerbaijan. He was on electrifying form in his preliminaries, proving his ippon scoring judo could take him all the way to gold.
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