In the semi-finals he came up against an outsider, Michael Fryer (GBR), who was not among the favourites this morning. However, it was a British judoka on fire that we discovered from the first minutes of the competition. Against Victor Garcia Osado (ESP) it only took him a little over a minute to conclude with a rolled shoulder movement. Ippon! In the next round Fryer was even more expeditious since it took him 18 seconds to apply an armlock against his opponent Georgios Balarjishvili (CYP).
In the quarter-finals, his opponent was Ronald Lima (BRA) who once again suffered Fryer's good form of the day, with a very low ko-uchi-gari; enough to score waza-ari and join Pashayev in the semi-finals. Against all expectations, it was again Fryer who won with a magnificent ippon.
In the second part of the draw, Julien Frascadore (CAN) tried to maintain his position as favourite but pinned down by Balint Gombas (HUN), he did not go any further in the tournament. The Hungarian then suffered the law of Tengo Zirakashvili (GEO), who himself could do nothing against the top seed of pool D, Zhanarys Rakhmetkali (KAZ). The final was between Michael Fryer (GBR) and Zhanarys Rakhmetkali (KAZ).
Both Rakhmetkali and Fryer offered us an exciting final, with Rakhmetkali being dangerous with his seoi-otoshi and Fryer being close to concluding on the floor, but in the golden score period it was Rakhmetkali who concluded with a superb ippon after he readjusted his movement several times. It was a second gold medal for Kazakhstan.
Eran Fiks (ISR) and Tengo Zirakashvili (GEO) were featured in the first contest for a bronze medal. Zirakashvili took the lead with a seoi-otoshi for waza-ari and because of his strong grip pushed Fiks to be penalised twice, before the Georgian judoka again scored with the same movement to secure the bronze medal.
The second bronze medal contest was between Balint Gombas (HUN) and Ruslan Pashayev (AZE) and Gombas couldn't avoid the fantastic okuri-ashi-barai that sent him to the ground flat on his back.
