At the European Judo Championships ongoing in Tbilisi, the captain of the Georgian national team, Guram Tushishvili (+100) defeated the Czech Lukas Krpalek in the final and became the European champion for the third time.

Previously, he defeated Antonius Giannis of Vipro in the round of 16, Ibrahim Tataroglu of Turkey in the quarterfinals and Valery Endovitsky of Russia in the semifinals by ippon.