France, Germany, and the Netherlands all took home gold on the third day of the competition, with host country UAE finishing 4th in the overall standings.
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00:00The final day of this year's Abu Dhabi Grand Slam saw the heavyweights take center stage,
00:09with the action taking place inside the Mubadala Arena.
00:18At under 90kg, Mansoor Lorsanov produced an enormous hip throw to launch his opponent
00:23onto his back and claim the title.
00:30Nasser Al-Tamimi, IJF General Treasurer, awarded the gold medal.
00:41Anamonta Ole contained her amazing format under 78kg.
00:47A sharp O-Uchigari dodged her opponent in the final, scoring a waza-ari and she controlled
00:53the fight thereafter to expertly take her first Grand Slam gold medal.
00:58As the fight ended, exhaustion soon gave way to delight for the German.
01:03Obaid Al-Anzi, IJF Vice President, awarded the medals.
01:22The final of the under 100kg category saw Michael Correll claim gold with an expertly
01:27executed ashi-guruma.
01:30The Dutchman was thrilled to claim his 6th Grand Slam gold.
01:37Sidney Randriana Solonianko, IJF Vice President, was present to award the gold.
01:59Coralie Jaime romped her way to the top spot of the podium at over 78kg.
02:05She swiftly produced on a mistake from her opponent to secure the pin and take gold.
02:10IJF Vice President Carlos Segarra was on hand to award the medals.
02:18At over 100kg, Valeriy Andovitski threw and held former world medalist Ushangi Kokkari
02:26to earn himself the title in the heaviest men's category.
02:30Haruki Uemura, IJF EC member and Kodokan President, gave the medals.
02:42It was a successful home event for the United Arab Emirates, where they finished an impressive
02:474th in the medal table standings.
02:53That's all from Abu Dhabi this year.
02:55See you next time.