Gold
Stevens nearly caught Khalmurzaev with an armlock after which he continued to threaten the Russian with newaza. Perhaps frustrated with his inability to catch his opponent on the ground, Stevens suddenly changed tact and attempted a hugging kosoto-gake. It was the wrong move as Khalmurzaev was able to counter it with uchimata for ippon.
Final Results
1. KHALMURZAEV, Khasan (RUS)
2. STEVENS, Travis (USA)
3. TOMA, Sergiu (UAE)
3. NAGASE, Takanori (JPN)
5. MARCONCINI, Matteo (ITA)
5. TCHRIKISHVILI, Avtandili (GEO)
7. IVANOV, Ivaylo (BUL)
7. VALOIS-FORTIER, Antoine (CAN)
"I just saw
on the TV
that I am the winner of these Games and I can't believe it."