The Tyumen Judo Grand Slam bronze medallist may have been shocked to be facing off with Mongolia's junior world champion Ulziibayar Duurenbayar in the over 100 kilogram category, following his surprise victory over The Netherlands' Roy Meyer, but made quick work of his opponent nonetheless, ending the match with a terrific uchi-mata for ippon after 15 seconds.

There was a walkover for Japanese newcomer Nishigata Kenta in the opening bronze medal  contest after Germany's Robert Zimmermann was unable to compete due to an injury.

Meyer made up for his shock semi-final loss to Duurenbayar in the second of the bronze medal encounters as he launched Germany's Andre Breitbarth with a powerful tani-otoshi for ippon in just 57 seconds.

It took a golden score for Sweden's Martin Pacek to secure the men's under 100kg title as he powered through two tough fixtures to get his hands on the coveted prize.

After besting Germany's Olympic bronze medallist Dimitri Peters in the semis, Pacek was left with the daunting task of taking down yet another German powerhouse, this time in the form of top seed and World Championship bronze medallist Karl-Richard Frey

Despite two early shido penalties, Pacek was soon level after a pair of slip ups from Frey.

As the timer ticked over to the golden score period, Pacek pounced, landing a superb o-uchi-gari for waza-ari, the win and the golden prize.

An o-uchi-gari for waza-ari was enough for Martin Pacek to steal gold in golden score on the final day of the Qingdao Grand Prix ©IJF



Abu Dhabi Grand Slam winner Peters was back for redemption in the opening bronze medal match and, despite mistiming an o-uchi-gari attempt, did well to turn the fight around and secure the consolation prize.

The second bronze went to Japan's Takahashi Ryosuke after he recorded an ippon against Italy's Luca Ardizio.

It proved fourth time lucky for Dutch judoka Noel Van T End in the under 90kg contest as he turned silver into gold for the first time this season.

A mix of three shido penalties and a waza-ari score were the difference between Van T End and his opponent, Israel's Alon Sasson, allowing him to move up to the top tier of the podium on the fourth time of asking.

Gantulga Altanbagana made his way onto the podium for the first time in an International competition as the Mongolian beat Switzerland's Ciril Grossklaus in the opening bronze medal final.

The second was won by Joakim Dvarby as he beat team mate Marcus Nyman in an all Swedish encounter.

Yu Song had the crowd on their feet in the women's over 78kg contest as she got the better of compatriot Wang Rui ©IJF



Yu Song and Wang Rui gave the crowd reason to cheer on the final day of competition in Qingdao as they progressed to an all-Chinese final in the women's over 78kg contest.

Yu would go on to have the final laugh in this encounter as she edged to victory thanks to a single shido penalty accumulated by Wang.

China's domination of this weight category was made even more apparent in the first bronze medal final where 2012 World Masters champion Qin Qian got the better of compatriot and Asian Games champion Ma Sisi.

Japan's Inamori Nami claimed the second bronze medal as she defeated Russia's Ksenia Chibisova.

It was plain sailing for North Korean top seed Sol Kyong in the under 78kg final as the 2013 world champion applied a contest-ending shime-waza for ippon two minutes in to her encounter with third seeded Guusje Steenhuis of The Netherlands.

Asian Games bronze medallist Umeki Mami of Japan claimed the first bronze medal of this competition as she disappointed the local crowd with victory over Zhu Feng, while Russia's Anastasiya Dmitrieva defeated London 2012 silver medallist Kerstin Thiele of Germany to claim the other.

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