00:01It's Day 2 of the Zagreb Grand Prix, hosted at the Arena Zagreb, here in the heart of Croatia.
00:07The event was officially opened with a local Kata performance,
00:10followed by speeches from Secretary General of the International Judo Federation, Dr. Lisa Allen,
00:17and President of the Croatian Judo Federation, Dr. Sander Ciorak.
00:22Day 2 brought world-class judo, putting fans right up close to all the action.
00:30At under 63kg, former world champion Jessica Klimkate of Canada was up against Slovenia's Kaya Kaiser Zabkar.
00:38With just seconds to go, a Wasari score from Klimkate was enough to take the victory.
00:53It's been super nice. The last time I was here was 2019, so it's been quite a long time,
00:58so it was nice to come back, have a little bit of that nostalgia feeling,
01:02and see the crowd, see Zagreb again, so it's always been really nice here.
01:07Dr. Kresamiya Samia, Croatia prime minister representative, awarded the medals.
01:15Georgia's Georgi Lolaadze and Joshua Green of Ireland were both competing in their first ever Grand Prix final.
01:21In a close battle, just a yuko score would crown Lolaadze the under 73kg champion.
01:32I'm really happy with my performance. There were so many people, and the atmosphere was full of emotion.
01:38I can't really describe how I feel right now. I'm just so happy.
01:41Ambassador of Georgia to Croatia, His Excellency Mr. Zal Gogsadze awarded the medals.
01:48At under 70kg, Noana Silva of Brazil met Poland's Alexandra Kovalewska in the final.
01:54Silva has four Grand Prix medals to her name, but has never taken gold.
01:58But a relentless drive from the Brazilian earned her that elusive first title.
02:07Mr. Kresamir Makvic, City of Zagreb mayor representative, awarded the medals.
02:15It was a great day for the Canadian team, with Francois Gautier-Drappot at under 81kg,
02:20providing a fantastic footsweep in golden score to take Canada's second gold medal.
02:33The medals were awarded by Ms. Tina Terstenjak, International Judo Federation referee director.
02:42A sensational bronze medal for Croatia's Eva Oberan and unstoppable local judo action,
02:48gave the home crowd plenty to cheer throughout the day.
02:56We'll see you tomorrow for the heavyweights on day three.
