Lukhumi Chkhvimiani, second left, took gold in a clean sweep of medals for the home nation Georgia in the men's under-66 kilograms class in Tbilisi ©IJF

Georgia's male judoka excelled on the opening day of the International Judo Federation's (IJF) Tbilisi Grand Prix as they provided their vociferous home supporters with a clean sweep of medals in the under-60 kilograms class alongside gold in the under-66kg category.

Georgia's top seed in the under-60kg, Amiran Papinashvili, had to settle for silver as compatriot Lukhumi Chkhvimiani successfully defended his title.

Chkhvimiani, twice a Grand Prix bronze medallist, went two better as he extended his winning record against Papinashvili - four times a Grand Prix winner - with a waza-ari.

Both are now heading for another mighty collision at next month's European Championships in Israel.

Lasha Chaduneli collected the first bronze medal after overcoming Azerbaijan's Oruj Valizada in just two minutes, and the second went to 20-year-old IJF debutant Temur Nozadze, who floored Russia's Albert Mongush after three minutes of golden score with an osoto-gari.

The second men's final of the night saw World Judo Masters bronze medallist Vazha Margvelashvili defeat Brazil's world junior champion Daniel Cargnin at under-60kg.

Despite the partisan atmosphere, the 20-year-old pushed the home judoka all the way, only losing in golden score when he was penalised for dropping to receive hansoku-make.

Bronze medals here went to France's Daniel Jean and Uzbekistan's Shakhram Akhadov.

Germany's Theresa Stoll took the initiative and the gold in the women's under-57kg final against France's world bronze medallist Helene Receveaux ©IJF
Germany's Theresa Stoll took the initiative and the gold in the women's under-57kg final against France's world bronze medallist Helene Receveaux ©IJF

Slovenia's world junior bronze medallist Marusa Stangar won her first Grand Prix title by defeating Serbia's top seed Milica Nikolic in the under-48kg final after pinning her down for 10 seconds.

Brazil's London 2012 champion Sarah Menezes, making a successful return to the category, defeated Britain's Kimberley Renicks for the first bronze.

The second went to France's Melanie Clement, who defeated Noa Minsker of Israel.

France's Amandine Buchard earned her fourth Grand Prix win in the under-52kg class as she extended her record over Switzerland's Agadir Grand Prix winner Eveleyne Tschopp to 5-0.

It was a good night for the Stangar family as Marusa's sister Anja took bronze with victory over Kazakhstan's Zhadyra Amirtayeva, with the other bronze going to Turkmenistan's Gulbadam Babamuratova, who beat Angelica Delgado of the United States.

Two other sisters took gold and bronze in the final women's category of the night, the under-57kg.

Theresa Stoll of Germany sprang a surprise on France's world bronze medallist and number four ranked Helene Receveaux as she defeated her in the under-57kg final to earn her second Grand Prix win.

The gold medallist's sister Amelie joined her on the podium after defeating Anna Borowska of Poland.

The other bronze went to Israel's Timna Nelson Levy, who defeated Martina Lo Giudice of Italy.