Before the final a trophy was awarded to Avtandili Tchrikishvili for his incredible career
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00:00 The second day of the Grand Slam in Tibbs-Silly promised to provide yet another spectacle
00:07 for judo fans around the world.
00:10 Inside the arena, the local Georgian crowd had come to see their local heroes.
00:16 At under 63 kilograms, the world number one Catherine Boucher-Mépinard once again made
00:22 her way to a world tour final.
00:25 There she faced Angelika Zimanska.
00:28 Boucher-Mépinard dropped under her opponent to score a Waza-Ari and won gold.
00:33 IJF sports director Michael Temura was on hand to award the medals.
00:40 Home favorite, the 2012 Olympic champion and 2021 world champion Lasha Shafdetto-Asvili
00:47 was in action at under 73 kilograms.
00:51 He took on the relatively unknown Karen Galastian in the final and wasted no time in sealing
00:56 the gold medal and the adoration of the crowd with an absolutely huge pick-up technique.
01:02 Classic Georgian Judo.
01:07 He was awarded his medals by Georgian Judo Federation president Georgi Atabegasvili.
01:17 When I am competing in front of my people, I have no right to lose, only victory.
01:22 Credit to my supporters, they always help me with additional motivation.
01:26 I have to always fight until the end and make my people happy and I have to do everything
01:30 for my country.
01:33 The under 70 kilogram category final was between the two top ranked players in the world, Sanna
01:39 van Dijk and Barbara Matic.
01:42 A moment of excellence from Matic stunned her Dutch opponent.
01:46 She was awarded her medal by Tjafek El-Khatani, IJF medical commission member.
01:52 It's really nice because they like my throw and the atmosphere is very good.
01:57 They cheer all day so I love it.
02:00 I think it's my lucky place.
02:04 Tamar Arbuzov took the under 81 kilogram category in confident fashion.
02:09 A first gold for the youngster.
02:12 The medals were awarded by IJF head referee director Armin Bagdasarov.
02:19 There was even more national pride on show as a special ceremony was held to celebrate
02:24 the dedication and achievements of Afdan Dili Trikashvili.
02:28 There were speeches from the man himself as well as Georgi Atabegashvili, Georgian Judo
02:34 Federation president.
02:36 Trikashvili is one of Georgia's highest performing athletes.
02:40 The 2014 world champion and three time European champion has now announced his retirement from
02:45 the competition, a stylish send off for the Georgian legend.
02:49 The crowd were wowed by the incredible skills shown by their team and are definitely ready
02:53 for more on day three here in Tbilisi.
02:56 (upbeat music)