The crowd inside the Humo arena were ready for action, and the packed out stadium got exactly what they wanted.
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00:00 Welcome back to Uzbekistan's picturesque capital city, Tashkent.
00:06 Before the third and final day of the 2024 Tashkent Judo Grand Slam,
00:11 Nasser Al-Tamimi, IJF General Treasurer and Ismail Mamadzor, President of the Tajikistan Judo Federation,
00:17 signed a historic deal for Tajikistan to host this year's Junior World Championships.
00:22 The crowd inside the UMA Arena were ready for action and the packed-out stadium got exactly what they wanted,
00:28 as in the under-100kg category, home favourites Musa Farbek Tureboev faced off against Matvei Kanikovsky
00:35 with the whole country behind him.
00:37 And he used his seemingly unstoppable trademark technique in the very first exchange of the match to score a pun.
00:43 The triumph was met by rapturous applause as the whole stadium beamed with national pride.
00:54 He was awarded his medal by Azizyan Kamilov, Uzbekistan Judo Federation President.
01:00 I really appreciate the support from my country, my family and coaches and I think it was the reason I won today.
01:09 For athletes you can always win and lose but thank God everything worked out today.
01:13 I've won two gold medals in the UMA Arena in big tournaments. This makes me really happy.
01:19 In the under-78kg category Rika Takayama took on Fania Stelposvitz.
01:23 It was Takayama who took the win in spectacular fashion.
01:26 She was awarded her medal by Vlad Marinescu, Director General of the IJF.
01:31 The crowd here in Tashkent were doing some great cheering with musical instruments.
01:36 I wasn't sure if they were cheering for me or not but it sure did motivate me.
01:40 In the under-90kg category, Bolzanova and her team won the gold medal.
01:45 It did motivate me.
01:49 In the under-90kg category, Bulgarian Ivaila Ivanov took on Theodoros Tsiledis of Greece in a thrilling encounter.
01:54 It was Tsiledis who managed to score two azares to take the win.
01:58 Oybek Kasimov, General Secretary of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan was on hand to award the medals.
02:08 In the over-78kg class, Jin Su took the win, first throwing then pinning Rui Takahashi of Japan.
02:15 The medals were awarded by Keiyong Jun, Head Referee Director of the International Judo Federation.
02:21 In the over-100kg class, Yuga Ota bested Tamerlan Bashayev, the Japanese athlete scoring wazari deep into golden score.
02:33 The medals were awarded by Nasser Altamimi, General Treasurer of the IJF.
02:38 The powerful local Uzbek fighters made sure it was raining Ipons on the tatami as supporters watched in awe.
02:44 The highlight was Davlat Bobonov taking a fantastic bronze medal with one of the best throws of the tournament.
02:51 Next week we're in Linz. We'll see you there.
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