www.judoinside.com 17/02
Vazha Margvelashvili this time demands gold in Israel
The Israeli public was expecting a new feat from Baruch Shmailov (ISR) who won the World Judo Masters in December, producing powerful and explosive judo. Unfortunately for him and despite being the top seed, he lost in the second round of the Grand Slam in Tel Aviv to Lasha Nadiradze, ranked a distant 354th in the world before the start of the tournament. In the semi-finals, the Georgian could not do anything against Orkhan Safarov (AZE), who although not the number one seed of the tournament, became a serious contender for the title.