Walter Facente gives Italy victory U90kg
The final of the Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi saw Italian Walter Facente and Dutchman Noël Van 't End. After almost two minutes of observation, Facente was the first one to score with an outstanding left handed tai-otoshi for waza-ari and with just 17 seconds remaining scored ippon with another superb technique (ko-uchi-gari).
The first bronze medal was won by Ramin Gurbanov (AZE), who eliminated Mohammad Jamali (IRI) by waza-ari. The second bronze medal went to the Russian Kirill Denisov. After only a few seconds, Shahin Gahramanov (AZE), apparently injured from a previous match, had to stop fighting. The final opposed two unseeded athletes, as Walter Facente (ITA), was able to eliminate the top seeded competitor of the category, Kirill Denisov (RUS) and Noel Van ‘t End (NED) took the advantage in the second half of the draw.
Result | City | Date |
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2 | Paris | 30 Jul |
1 | Abu Dhabi | 21 May |
1 | Zagreb | 26 Apr |
3 | Belgrade | 2023 |
2 | Montpellier | 2023 |