The Spanish judoka Nikoloz Sherazadishvili it has been proclaimed world champion of judo in the -90kg category in Budapest, second title after the one achieved in Baku in 2018, by beating the Uzbek Davlat Bovonov, Asian champion, in the final thanks to an ippon in overtime, making him the first Spanish male judoka to win two world golds .
Sherazadishvili won in the second round the Kyrgyz Faruch Bulekulov, the Polish Piotr Kuczera and the Mongolian Altanbagana Gantulga and in the semifinals he defeated the Japanese Kenta Nagasawa to meet in the final with the Asian champion whom he beat in a close match .
“The Spanish anthem is played on the Budapest tatami! Nikoloz Sherazadishvili achieves his second world title after the one won in Baku in 2018 #JudoWorlds
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– Teledeporte (@teledeporte) June 10, 2021
World’s number one met the predictions against number 13, who tried to surprise the Spaniard with a foot attack that the Spaniard resolved very attentively; In the absence of 40 seconds, the one from Brunete achieved an insufficient immobilization of the Uzbek and the regulation time ended in a draw and that was resolved with an ippon for Nikoloz in overtime.
The bronze medal went to the Swedish representative Marcus Nyman after beating the Japanese Nagasawa in a very close match with a tight 1-0.
With the gold achieved this Thursday by Nikoloz Sherazadishvili the Spanish team has a total of four medals in the Budapest World Cups, after the silver achieved by Ana Pérez Box in the category of up to 52 kilos and the bronzes harvested by Fran Garrigós, in -60 kilos, and Julia Figueroa, in -48 kilos.
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