Tamazi Kirakozashvili wins the second gold medal of the night for Georgia at the IJF Grand Prix in Tbilisi on a 20-second hold down ©IJF

Georgia’s men remained on the gold standard at the International Judo Federation (IJF) Tbilisi Grand Prix as they added two more titles to the pair they had won on the previous day - to the immense satisfaction of their home fans.

Their efforts were matched in the women’s event by France, whose judoka won both the golds medals on offer at the Tbilisi Sports Palace.

London 2012 Olympic champion and Rio 2016 Olympic bronze medallist Lasha Shavdatuashvili started as the top seed in the men’s under 73 kilograms class and lived up to his billing.

The world number five came through five testing contests to win his third Grand Prix title, defeating compatriot Phridon Gigani in the final on a disqualification.

Switzerland’s former European junior bronze medallist Nils Stump, who made his Grand Prix debut in January, won the first of the bronzes with victory over Mohammad Mohammadi of Iran.

The second bronze went to Sam Van T Westende of The Netherlands, who defeated Georgii Shmakov of Russia.

Former European junior champion Tamazi Kirakozashvili then maintained the home men’s record as he proved an unexpected winner in the under 81kg category.

The 21-year-old earned his first Grand Prix gold medal as he defeated Portugal’s Anri Egutidze with a hold down for 20 seconds.

Marie Eve Gahie completed a French golden double in the women's events on day two of the IJF Grand Prix in Tbilisi ©IJF
Marie Eve Gahie completed a French golden double in the women's events on day two of the IJF Grand Prix in Tbilisi ©IJF

Ukraine’s Sergii Krivchach earned his first Grand Prix medal as he defeated Russia’s Stanislav Semenov for the bronze.

The second bronze went to home judoka Nugzari Tatalashvili, who beat his young compatriot Koba Mchedlishvili with an osoto-gari for ippon after two minutes of action.

In the first of the women’s finals on day two, France’s Clarisse Agbegnenou worked her way through the under 63kg class to win all four of her contests en route to gold, defeating Poland’s Karolina Talach for ippon in the final.

Great Britain excelled in this category to take both bronzes. 

World junior bronze medallist Lubjana Piovesana won the first, defeating Australia’s Katharina Haecker, and the second bronze was contributed by Lucy Renshall, who defeated Israel’s Inbal Shemesh.

The French double on the day was completed by Marie Eve Gahie in the under 70kg category after she defeated former world number one Kelita Zupancic of Canada to win her first IJF title since 2016.

Italy’s Carola Paissoni took the first bronze, defeating Natascha Ausma of The Netherlands, while bronze number two went to Georgia’s 17-year-old European Youth Olympic Festival Mariam, who became her country’s youngest-ever Grand Prix medallist in defeating Szaundra Diedrich of Germany.

You can watch the action on Judo TV here.