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7 Jun 2014 21:10
by Mark Pickering - IJF
IJF Media Team / International Judo Federation
World number one and world silver medallist Avtandili Tchrikishvili (GEO) reigned supreme in the -81kg category as he bested world number five Travis Stevens (USA) in a repeat outcome of the Tbilisi Grand Prix final. Tchrikishvili struck first as he scored a waza-ari from a ko-soto-gari. The Georgian fought to contain in-form Stevens who was in irresistible form in the preliminaries.
Stevens was chasing down the Georgian in every sense as he aimed to close the gap with the world number one. The American star was unable to register a score despite committed attacks in tachi-waza and ne-waza.
The star-studded semi-finals raised the temperature of proceedings as we entered the business end of the competition.In the first semi-final TCHRIKISHVILI thwarted Olympic bronze medallist Antoine VALOIS-FORTIER (CAN). The Georgian went ahead with a waza-ari from a foot sweep after VALOIS-FORTIER had received a shido for passivity. TCHRIKISHVILI wrapped up the win with a stylish finish as he threw the Canadian with an uchi-mata for ippon after two minutes. In the second semi-final world number four Victor PENALBER (BRA) was pitted against Travis STEVENS (USA) who is one place below the Brazilian on the World Ranking List. PENALBER attacked with a morote seoi-nage as STEVENS chalked up three shido penalties to put himself under pressure. STEVENS, who was searching for an opening in ne-waza, fell behind to a waza-ari after his uchi-mata effort was countered. The American’s fighting spirit saw him battle on to capture a scintillating win as he caught PENALBER with a okuri-ashi-barai for ippon.
The first bronze medal was won by former Qingdao Grand Prix runner-up Murat KHABACHIROV (RUS) who unceremoniously dispatched number two seed PENALBER with a thunderous o-soto-gari for ippon with 95 seconds left on the clock. The second bronze medal was captured by VALOIS-FORTIER who outworked and outfoxed 20-year-old Tbilisi Grand Prix bronze medallist Ushangi MARGIANI (GEO). VALOIS-FORTIER profited from the inferior workrate of his foe who accumulated three shido penalties for passivity while the Canadian received one shido in the closing seconds for not taking a grip.
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