www.judoinside.com 08/05
Tamerlan Bashaev bags gold again
Russian heavyweight Tamerlan Bashaev is in a phase of ascending progression which once again guided him to the heavyweight final, against a judo giant, the Brazilian, Rafael Silva, double Olympic medallist and triple world medalist. Bashaev was 5th at the Masters in Doha, finalist at the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv and finally gold medallist in Antalya in April. The relative small (see podium picture) Bashaev keeps amazing.