The French representative fell victim to a scandalous attack from Georgian Guram Tushishvili after the quarter-final fight. However, this did not negatively affect his performance in subsequent fights. The hosts’ representative defeated his rivals by ippon in both the semi-final and the final. He thus proved that his golden streak at the Olympic Games, which has lasted since 2012, is not a coincidence.
In the competition for the bronze medal, the representative of Uzbekistan did not waste his chance. Alisher Yusupov, after the Georgian’s disqualification, advanced to the fight for the medal without having to compete in the repechage. Thanks to this, he saved his strength and in the decisive confrontation he gave the Japanese no chance, deciding the duel by ippon. The two-time world champion will have to wait four years for his first Olympic medal.
In the second medal match, emotions were not lacking until the very end. Ultimately, Cuban Andy Granda lost to Tajik Temur Rakhimov by waza-ari.
Results of men’s judo competition, +100 kg category:
Repechages:
Ushangi Kokauri (Azerbaijan) – Andy Granda (Cuba) 0:10
Alisher Yusupov (Uzbekistan) – Guram Tushishvili 10:0 DSQ
Semi-finals:
Temur Rakhimow (Tadżykistan) – Teddy Rinner (Francja) 0:10
Kim Minjong (Korea Pd.) – Tatsuru Saito (Japan) 10:0
For 3rd place:
Andy Granda (Kuba) – Temur Rakhimow (Tadżykistan) 0:1
Alisher Yusupow (Uzbekistan) – Tatsuru Saito (Japan) 11:0
Final:
Kim Minjong (South Korea) – Teddy Rinner (France) 0:10
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