Eteri Liparteliani made it took on former world champion Jessica Klimkait in the final to bring home the gold medal.
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00:00 Judo stars from around the world arrived in Georgia's capital Tbilisi for the eagerly
00:07 anticipated 2024 edition of its Grand Slam event.
00:12 Inside the Olympic Sports Palace, the crowd awaited the first days of action.
00:17 At under 48 kilograms, Haekyung Lee of Korea overcame Frances Laura Espadina when the superb
00:25 low Yurin Nage scored Ippon to take the title.
00:31 IJF Education and Coaching Director Mohamed Maridja was on hand to award the medals.
00:41 At under 60 kilograms, Nurganak Serikbayev took on Mian Volkzak in the final.
00:47 A sacrifice technique proved to be the deciding factor for Serikbayev as he scored Wazaari
00:53 close to the end of the match and held on for victory.
00:57 He was awarded his medal by Shengeli Pitsgalari, Georgia's State Security Service Deputy
01:02 Head.
01:06 So this is the first competition in Tbilisi for me and it was successful.
01:11 I am very happy about this.
01:12 I like the city.
01:13 It's very nice and friendly.
01:19 At under 52 kilograms, Ariane Toro-Soler faced Anna-Victoria Djipolij.
01:26 It took until golden score but Toro-Soler mustered up the strength to produce this huge
01:31 Ushimata and take the gold medal.
01:37 She was awarded her medal by Juan Carlos Vargos, IJF Coordinator for International Refereeing
01:43 Seminars.
01:44 I like it because I got the gold but it's a good city and it's beautiful to stay here.
01:53 It's very good that the people love judo because it's beautiful to see that she loves this
02:01 sport.
02:02 Ivan Chernik shocked everyone in the under 66 kilogram category, taking the gold in what
02:07 was his first outing of the IJF World Judo Tour.
02:12 The medals were awarded by Massimiliano D'Antuono, Ambassador for Italy in Georgia.
02:18 Then came the moment all Georgian fans were waiting for.
02:22 At under 57 kilogram, home favourite Eteri Lipardeliani made it to the final where she
02:28 would face off against former world champion Jessica Klimkite from Canada.
02:33 To the crowd's delight, Lipardeliani scored early in the fight and battled until the timer
02:38 ran down.
02:39 She was awarded the gold medal by Irakli Medzmariašvili, Member of the Parliament of
02:45 Georgia.
02:46 The proud Georgian team provided their loyal supporters with plenty of thrills throughout
02:50 the day's judo.
02:52 And there are still two more days to go.
02:54 Join us tomorrow for another day of action.
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