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Abe Hifumi match sister Uta with Düsseldorf gold
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Mark Pickering - IJF
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Former world champion Abe Hifumi (JPN) secured his eighth Grand Slam title after a thrilling final against World Judo Masters bronze medallist Vazha Margvelashvili (GEO). Abe lived dangerously in the opening minute as he was inches away from going behind to a ko-soto-gari and was almost caught with an ura-nage.
Abe, who was Japan’s only U66kg representative in Germany after the late withdrawal of teammate and world champion Maruyama Joshiro (JPN), came up with two big scores in the final to win in style. A lightning fast o-uchi-gari sent Margvelashvili over for a waza-ari score before the Japanese superstar launched his Georgian rival with an o-goshi for ippon.
In the first semi-final Margvelashvili beat Tashkent Grand Prix winner Yakub Shamilov (RUS) by ippon while in the second semi-final Abe dismissed world number 54 Bozhidar Temelkov (BUL) after 76 seconds of golden score by a waza-ari score.
The first bronze medal was won by Zagreb Grand Prix winner Alberto Gaitero Martin (ESP) who tapped out Temelkov with shime-waza after just 41 seconds following a great transition from the Spaniard.
The second bronze medal went to Shamilov who narrowly defeated European Games bronze medallist Bagrati Niniashvili (GEO) by a waza-ari score in an entertaining tussle which went the distance.
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