www.judoinside.com24/03
Uzbek Umar Bozorov surprises the elite U90kg
The final for men U90kg in Tbilisi opposed Umar Bozorov (UZB) and Alexis Mathieu (FRA) and it was a brilliant contest with Mathieu taking the lead with his o-soto-gari for a yuko. But then Bozorov took the advantage with a rapid reverse kata-guruma for waza-ari. Alexis Mathieu, who seemed to have better control, threw his opponent with a massive ippon-ko-uchi-gari, but while executing it, he clearly touched the leg of Bozorov and the ippon became a shido. A last attack from the French judoka was not enough and Bozorov won his first grand slam gold medal.