Baku 2015: Georgian judoka wins gold (VIDEO)

Georgian fans are celebrating - a heavyweight Georgian judoka has won gold and been crowned champion at the Baku 2015 European Games.

Adam Okruashvili, 26, who fought in the over-100 kilogram competition, earned a gold medal yesterday after he beat Israel’s Uri Sasson by ippon (the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese-style martial arts contest).

Watch the video below.

To reach the final, Okruashvili overcame his compatriot Levan Matiashvili in the quarter-finals and then Lithuania's Marius Paskevicius in the semi-final match.

Okruahvili, commonly known as the giant Georgian ranked second in Europe for the past two years. Yesterday’s victory marked the first major individual title of his career after silver medals at the last two European Championships.

"No, those defeats are in the past," he answered, when asked if his past losses added pressure ahead of yesterday’s final.

"I was not thinking about that only about winning this match. There was pressure on me in the quarter-final when I fought against my team mate but I didn't have to prove anything to anyone. I just went out there and fought and won and I'm very happy with that."

Also yesterday Georgian judoka Valeri Liparteliani won a silver medal.

By the final day of competition, Georgia had won two gold, five silver and eight bronze medals and its first record, which came from athlete Bachana Khorava who gained first place in the team competition in the men’s long jump.

More than a hundred Georgian athletes are competing in the inaugural competition across 17 sports from June 12-28. The Georgian athletes are among 6,000 athletes from 50 countries participating in the Games, which will reveal the best athletes across 20 sports.

The international competition ends in the capital of Azerbaijan later today.