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2026 Dushanbe GS: Day 3

2026 Dushanbe GS: Day 3

-90kg: Lorsanov (RUS)
Mansur Lorsanov beat Theodoros Tselidis (GRE) through penalties in Golden Score. 

-78kg: Lytvynenko (UAE)
Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko threw Yael Van Heemst (NED) with a massive hip throw for ippon in just over a minute. 

-100kg: Huang (CHN)
Fuchun Huang threw Adam Sangariev (RUS) with ouchi-gari for ippon in Golden Score. 

+78kg: Tavano (ITA)
Asya Tavano threw Jinesinuer Ayiman (CHN) with ouchi-gari for yuko in the first minute and maintained her lead until the end of regular time, to win the gold. 

+100kg: Sordyl (POL)
Bislan Katamardov (RUS) scored first with a Heydarov-styled kata-guruma for yuko. When he tried to do it again, Jakub Sordyl was ready for it and sidestepped the attack to score yuko. Sordyl then rolled his opponent over to hold him for ippon. 

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