ADVERTISEMENT Judo stars from around the world arrived in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi for its edition eagerly awaited Judo Grand Slam. The iconic event was held at the Olympic Sports Palace.... At-48kg Hyekyeong Lee of Korea overcame France’s Laura Espadinha when a superb, low Ura-nage scored ippon to take the title. IJF Education Coaching Director, Mohammed Meridja was on hand to award the medals.At-60kg Nurkanat Serikbayev took on Yam Wolczak in the final.... A sacrifice technique proved to be

TOKYO( Kyodo)--Shohei Ono went back-to-back as Olympic men's 73-kilogram judo champion at the Tokyo Games on Monday following a golden-score victory over Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili.... The 29-year-old Ono had looked unbeatable on the way to the gold-medal match at Nippon Budokan, but had to dig deep against Shavdatuashvili to defend the title he won five years ago in Rio de Janeiro.... A third would have handed the bout to Shavdatuashvili, winner of 66-kg gold at the 2012 London Games....