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Gela Zaalishvili simply too strong for the opposition
5 Jun 2022 21:35
IJF Media team by Pedro Lasuen and JudoInside
IJF Gabriela Sabau / International Judo Federation
The heavyweight category at the Grand Slam in Tbilisi was the opportunity that Uzbekistan had been waiting for since Friday. Alisher Yusupov defeated two Georgians and a Frenchman for the right to fight for gold. The problem was that there was, of course, another Georgian opposite him, Gela Zaalishvili.
It was a brute force opposition, to see whom of the two could produce more kilowatts. It looked like wrestling, but it was judo, without subtlety, like beasts; it has its charm when the bodies go boom. Yusupov sought the bear hug and ended up embedded in the tatami. Zaalishvili capped off a splendid tournament with two identical waza-ari.
Uzbekistan closed an excellent third day with the bronze medal for Shokhruh Bakhtiyorov, who defeated Frenchman Joseph Terhec by shido. However, speaking of excellence, Georgia, with Matiashvili's bronze, stopped the medal counter at 14, eight more than France.
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