Romane Dicko won her fourth Grand Slam gold medal in Tel Aviv ©IJF

Romane Dicko won France's fourth gold medal to ensure the country secured first place in the medals table at judo's Tel Aviv Grand Slam.

Dicko added to her Grand Slam gold medals from Paris in 2020 and Kazan and Tel Aviv in 2021.

The 22-year-old beat Brazil's Beatriz Souza via ippon after 3min 12sec in the deciding bout of the women's over-78 kilograms division.

Dicko has proved herself as one of the best judoka in the world since winning team gold and an individual bronze medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Home favourite Raz Hershko and France's Julia Tolofua took the bronze medals after triumphing over Mongolian Adiyasuren Amarsaikhan and Kazakhstan's Nazgul Maratova, respectively, in the repechage round.

Beata Pacut of Poland secured the last women's crown in the under-78kg final with a golden-score victory against Alina Böhm of Germany.

The pair were level after the four minutes of regular time, before penalties took their toll and Pacut took the gold.

The bronze medals went to Portugal's Patricia Sampaio and Alice Bellandi of Italy.

Guram Tushishvili won the men's over-100kg gold medal after 4:27 of a gruelling battle with Brazil's Rafael Silva.

Former world champion Guram Tushishvili won the final gold medal in Tel Aviv ©IJF
Former world champion Guram Tushishvili won the final gold medal in Tel Aviv ©IJF

It is the Georgian's third Grand Slam gold after successes in Düsseldorf in 2020 and Baku in 2017.

Tushishvili won an Olympic silver medal last year in Japan and is a former world champion.

Another Georgian gold medal in Tel Aviv came courtesy of Ilia Sulamanidze in the men's under-100kg after he got the better of Dutchman Michael Korrel.

Israel's Peter Paltchik and Zelym Kotsoiev from Azerbaijan collected bronze medals.

Azerbaijani Mammadali Mehdiyev recorded a golden-score win against Nemanja Majdov of Serbia in the men's under-90kg final.

It marks the second Grand Slam crown of his career, after a win in Düsseldorf in 2019.

Turkish judoka Mihael Zgank and Ivan Felipe Silva Morales claimed bronze medals.

France's four gold medals made them the most successful nation, while two golds, one silver and one bronze put Azerbaijan in second.

The Grand Slam on the World Judo Tour is set to take place in Tbilisi in Georgia from March 25 to 27, with 65 athletes from nine nations currently on the entry list.