www.judoinside.com 01/08
Written in the stars, gold for Alice Bellandi
What an incredible day for the eight judokas on the podium. There were seven smiling faces, but the final was hard to digest for Ilia Sulamanidze, who lost his lead in the last half-minute. This led to the Hungarian referee giving him two shidos, allowing Zelym Kotsoiev to secure Azerbaijan's second gold medal of the week. After Hidayat Heydarov's victory in the -73kg category, Kotsoiev added to his world title with Olympic gold, marking Azerbaijan's third-ever Olympic judo gold.