www.judoinside.com10/05
Ramazan Abdulaev back in top form with victory in Astana
In the final for men U66kg Gusman Kyrgyzbayev’s will to win would be tested to its maximum. Ramazan Abdulaev (IJF) already has 4 grand slam gold medals and he would very much like a fifth. At the halfway point Kyrgyzbayev was down two penalties to one and the crowd were increasing their volume as if to lend him some extra strength but Abdulaev was unfazed and threw with a stunning ko-soto-gari for waza-ari. He held his nerve and his ground to the end of the allotted time to claim the fifth title he had come for. Abdulaev is among the five players who won two World Tour events this year. Inal Tasoev, Dzhafar Kostoev, Amandine Buchard and Szofi Ozbas.