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Sanshiro Murao wins seventh Grand Slam in six cities
The final therefore opposed Sanshiro Murao and Marcelo Fronckowiak (BRA). A little passive while he was observing his opponent, Murao was penalised with a first shido. One of Sanshiro Murao's preferred techniques, he has several in fact, is o-soto-gari. Against Fronckowiak he couldn't not go at full power and that was indeed a necessity, as the Brazilian judoka was close to countering him, but Murao didn't release the pressure, scored a waza-ari and concluded with a hold down for ippon. This is gold medal number 7 for Murao in a grand slam and number seven for team Japan in Baku this year.