In the semi-finals, the Austrian judoka faced Kanta Nakano (JPN), Japan's last chance for a medal. The latter had won his first contest against Marvin Belz (GER) with a masterful hiza-guruma, a perfectly executed technique, the kind of which are rarely seen. Very opportunistic, Nakano went one more round by applying an unstoppable okuri-eri-jime against Igor Vracar (SRB).
In the semi-final, the Japanese judoka began with a first uchi-mata for a waza-ari, followed by an immobilisation from which Borchashvilli managed to escape. It was only to push back the deadline though, Nakano propelling his opponent on his back with an ashi-guruma; ippon and a place in the final.
With the defeat of Snippe, the Netherlands could still hope for a place in the final thanks to Jur Spijkers (NED) but he was be eliminated in the first round by Lucas Lima (BRA) after only 36 seconds with ko-soto-gari. Continuing his momentum, Lima offered himself a place in the semi-final against Evgeny Shmachilin (ISR) with a magnificent harai-makikomi. In the semi-final he was thus opposed to Grzegorz Teresinski (POL). It was at this stage that the race for gold stopped for Lima, defeated by the Polish judoka.
In the final, without any surprise, in the wake of the judo that he produced during the day, Kanta Nakano threw twice to win the last gold medal at stake.
The first bronze medal went to the winner of the match between Jelle Snippe (NED) and Lucas Lima (BRA). Snippe managed to score ippon with an osae-komi but before that he had used his head to throw his opponent and was therefore disqualified. The bronze medal was for Lucas Lima.
Rounding out the podium were Yevheniy Balyevskyy (UKR) and Movli Borchashvilli (AUT). Borchashvilli executed the perfect sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi to score ippon and win his first medal on the World Judo Tour.
Final (+100 kg)
Bronze Medal Fights (+100 kg)
