Georgian judoka Shavdatuashvili wins silver in lengthy match at Tokyo Olympics
The match between Lasha Shavdatuashvili and Japanese Shohei Ono lasted more than nine minutes.
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Georgian judoka Lasha Shavdatuashvili, 29, has won silver in a lengthy nine-minute match with one of judo's top fighters, Japan’s Shohei Ono, earlier today.
Shavdatuashvili is the only Georgian judoka (-73kg) who has won European, World and Olympic gold medals.
Ono Shohei - 2x Olympic champion ????
— Judo (@Judo) July 26, 2021
After an EPIC battle between two true judo legends, Ono manages to score in golden score to take his second Olympic title, at home in the Nippon Budokan????????
Shavdatuashvili put up an amazing fight, and goes home with his third olympic medal! pic.twitter.com/K9JjnLroMD
He has won three Olympic medals so far: gold at the 2012 Olympic Games, bronze in 2016 and now silver.
Earlier this year he won the world championship in judo.
Video of the fight: Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Ono has won the world championship in judo three times and the 2016 Olympic Games.
Georgian legislators suspended session earlier today to watch the final match.
Georgian top officials later tweeted that they are ‘very proud of Shavdatuashvili.’
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili tweeted:
Another one! Thank you for making us proud Lasha! ???? ???????? pic.twitter.com/GXbAzEN0Zj
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) July 26, 2021
This is Georgia’s second medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Georgian judoka Vazha Margvelashvili also won silver yesterday.