Rustam Orujov shines with gold in Budapest
Rustam Orujov is double silver medalist at the World Championships, silver medalist at the last Olympic Games and winner of the World Judo Masters and now winners of the Grand Slam in Budapest at the return of judo. Rustam Orujov is simply Europe's best man U73kg. The Azeri did not disappoint as he blasted his way to the final where he found the Swiss fighter Nils Stump, whose track record is far from that of his opposition.
In the final, only a few second were needed for Orujov to deliver brilliant stuff with a superb o-uchi-gari. Initially announced ippon, it was downgraded to waza-ari, offering another chance to watch the class of Orujov. This though was the time Stump decided to change the rhythm, to score a surprising waza-ari on a counter attack. The magic of judo is that nothing is ever written in advance. The dynamic of the final changed completely with the full involvement of the Swiss judoka, pushing Orujov to his limits. It was only in the last thirty seconds that the Azeri finally managed to initiate a sumi-gaeshi for a liberating second waza-ari.

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