NIkoloz Sherazadishvili took the bronze medal in the category up to 100 kilos at the Budapest Grand Slam, after beat the Swiss Daniel Eich by “ippon” in the play-off final.
A triumph that allowed Niko Shera to chain his fourth consecutive competition getting on the podiumafter winning silver at the Antalya Grand Slam, bronze at the European Sofa Championships and gold at the Oran Mediterranean Games.
Metals that confirm the every time best adaptation of Spanish judoka to the categoryafter making the leap to the conclusion of the last Olympic Games in Tokyo at -90 kilos, a category in which Sherazadishvili was crowned world champion twice, at -100 kilos.
a great tournament
As confirmed in the Magyar capital when entering the fight for the medals after defeat Chinese Bo Zhang, Azerbaijani Eimar Gasimovsilver at the Rio 2016 Games, and the Hungarian Zsmbor Veg.
An immaculate career that Niko Shera saw cut short in the semifinals, after falling by “ippon” against the Japanese Iida Kentarowho ultimately won the gold medal, in a fight in which the Spanish judoka was defeated in just 17 seconds.
Sherazadishvili, 26, was compensated in the playoff finalafter beating the Swiss Daniel Eich by “ippon”, in a intense combat that was not resolved until the “golden technique”.
A luck in which the Spaniard, who was about to be defeated in the final moments of regulation time, showed his mental fortitude to defeat the tough Swiss judoka, bronze in the past Europeans on Sofa, with a quick movement that earned him the winning “ippon”.
