Guram Tushishvili of Georgia outclassed the Brazilian giant Rafael Silva in the final of the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv.
Once again, Tushishvili proved his strengths tiring his opponent until he was penalised for the third time, to win gold.
Andy Granda (CUB), third in Tbilisi in 2021 and Temur Rakhimov (TJK), third in Abu Dhabi at the end of 2021, fought for the first bronze medal.
After Andy Granda was penalised a third time, the medal went to Temur Rakhimov, the third one of this kind for Rakhimov.
Stephan Hegyi (AUT), bronze medallist in Antalya in 2021 and Onise Bughadze (GEO), 113th in the world, gave themselves the chance to climb on to the podium.
To win his third medal in a grand slam, Stephan Hegyi had to drop under the his opponent and perform a left handed tai-otoshi for waza-ari and he did it.
Matthias Casse made another statement with his performance at the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv.
Shiho Tanaka executed an uchi-mata in traditional style against Dutch Sanne van Dijke.