Georgia Shows Its Heavyweight Power on Day 3 in Tbilisi | Euronews

## Summary
By&nbsp Euronews with IJF Published on 22/03/2026 - 19:49 GMT+1 Share Comments Share Facebook Twitter Flipboard Send Reddit Linkedin Messenger Telegram VK Bluesky Threads Whatsapp Copy/paste the article video embed link below: Copied A powerful final day in Tbilisi saw Luka Maisuradze win gold at -90kg, Audrey Tcheumeo dominate, and Idar Bifov impress. This is the best because this is my city, my country and to win here is always better Luka Maisuradze His medal was awarded by Director of the International Judo Federation New Technologies & High Performance Commission, Mr David KEVKHISHVILI. I was feeling very good, The public is fantastic and the atmosphere is very good so I like Tbilisi Audrey Tcheumeo International Judo Federation Referee Supervisor, Mr Mariano DOS SANTOS awarded the medal. Go to accessibility shortcuts Share Comments Read more Thrilling Finishes Light Up Day 2 in Tbilisi Tbilisi Welcomes the World Judo Tour in Spectacular Fashion Heavyweights Shine on Final Day of Tbilisi Grand Slam Judo Martial arts Tbilisi Sport Georgia

## Article Content
By&nbsp
Euronews with IJF
Published on
22/03/2026 - 19:49 GMT+1
Share
Comments
Share
Facebook
Twitter
Flipboard
Send
Reddit
Linkedin
Messenger
Telegram
VK
Bluesky
Threads
Whatsapp
Copy/paste the article video embed link below:
Copied
A powerful final day in Tbilisi saw Luka Maisuradze win gold at -90kg, Audrey Tcheumeo dominate, and Idar Bifov impress. Raz Hershko staged a comeback victory, while Irakli Demetrashvili thrilled the home crowd. Georgia confirmed its strength with multiple medals.
It’s Day 3 of the Judo Grand Slam here in Tbilisi. The Tbilisi Arena roared with nonstop heavyweight action on the final day of competition.
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
And, hopes for more home medals were high.
At
-90kg
home favourite Luka MAISURADZE was up against Nemanja MAJDOV of Serbia. Two former world champions, battling for gold.
In golden score, MAISURADZE caught his opponent for a yuko score and the gold medal.
This is the best feeling because this is my first Grand Slam gold. This is the best because this is my city, my country and to win here is always better
Luka Maisuradze
His medal was awarded by Director of the International Judo Federation New Technologies & High Performance Commission, Mr David KEVKHISHVILI.
At
-78kg
, Audrey TCHEUMEO of France had a incredible day, performing this text book osoto-gari in the preliminaries.
She ended her day with a top spot finish.
I was feeling very good, The public is fantastic and the atmosphere is very good so I like Tbilisi
Audrey Tcheumeo
International Judo Federation Referee Supervisor, Mr Mariano DOS SANTOS awarded the medal.
At
-100kg
Idar BIFOV struck gold in his 4th ever grand slam appearance. Catching his opponent with a beautiful sacrifice technique and scoring a waza-ari.
International Judo Federation Media & Judo for Peace Director, Mr Nicolas MESSNER awarded the medals.
In the
+78kg
final, Olympic Silver medalist Raz HERSHKO stunned the crowd. A waza-ari down, HERSHKO committed herself to a superb Osoto-otoshi, scoring ippon and winning the gold medal.
Referee Supervisor of the International Judo Federation, Mr Vladimer NUTSUBIDZE awarded the medals.
Home favourite Irakli DEMETRASHVILI looked set for gold during the preliminaries at
+100kg
. His toughest fight, however, came in the final against Losseni KONE of Germany.
A show-stopping Uchi-mata from DEMETRASHVILI had the crowd up on their feet for the last gold medal of the day.
He received his medal from International Judo Federation Referee Supervisor, Ms Ioana BABIUC.
With an additional 2 bronze medals, the day was filled with phenomenal judo from the home team. Day 3 showed off the incredible power of Georgian judo.
Thank you, Tbilisi, and we’ll see you next time in Dushanbe!
Go to accessibility shortcuts
Share
Comments
Read more
Thrilling Finishes Light Up Day 2 in Tbilisi
Tbilisi Welcomes the World Judo Tour in Spectacular Fashion
Heavyweights Shine on Final Day of Tbilisi Grand Slam
Judo
Martial arts
Tbilisi
Sport
Georgia

---

## Expert Analysis

### Merits
N/A

### Areas for Consideration
N/A

### Implications
N/A

### Expert Commentary
This article covers judo, tbilisi, gold topics. Readability: Flesch-Kincaid grade 0.0. Word count: 477.