Gold
If Orujov were to have any chance at beating Ono he would have to outgrip him but no amount of heavy gripping would stop Ono. He first threw Orujov with a low uchimata for waza-ari and, at the edge of the mat, he executed a kouch-gake that scored ippon. With that, he won Japan its first judo gold of the Games.
Final Results
1. ONO, Shohei (JPN)
2. ORUJOV, Rustam (AZE)
3. SHAVDATUASHVILI, Lasha (GEO)
3. VAN TICHELT, Dirk (BEL)
5. MUKI, Sagi (ISR)
5. UNGVARI, Miklos (HUN)
7. IARTCEV, Denis (RUS)
7. DELPOPOLO, Nicholas (USA)
"I can't understand how I'm feeling right now. I'm very happy.