Georgia’s Tato Grigalashvili wins silver at World Judo Championships Seniors in Hungary
Tato Grigalashvili previously won gold at the last World Judo Masters in Doha. Photo: Di Feliciantonio Emanuele
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Georgian judoka Tato Grigalashvili has claimed silver at the World Judo Championships Seniors in the Hungarian capital of Budapest earlier today.
Grigalashvili, 21, was defeated by his Belgian rival Matthias Casse in the under 81kg category.
-81kg Podium!!
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???? GRIGALASHVILI Tato (GEO)
???? DE WIT Frank (NED)
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There are categories like this, where nothing is predictable. Even if all the athletes present in the final block are top judoka, there is still a great level of uncertainty which forbids anyone to make clear predictions”, the International Judo Federation said, adding that the under 81kg is ‘a perfect example of that’.
During the first half of the final Grigalashvili, the winner of the last World Judo Masters in Doha in January ‘seemed to be slightly ahead, looking for the instant moment where he could kill the match with a magical move’.
Grigalashvili has made into the Semi-Final!!
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Saying that ‘during the golden score period everything can happen’, the IJF added that Casse ‘resisted and step by step also imposed his power’.
Another Georgian judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili has claimed gold at the World Judo Championships Seniors yesterday handing a defeat to his Swedish rival Tommy Macias in the under 73kg category.