The UAE misses out on gold/silver chance

Dubai - In the title round, Khalmurzaev takes the US' Travis Stevens who beat Avtandil Tchrikishvili of Georgia with a clever ippon late in the first semifinal.

The UAE missed out on a golden chance to be guaranteed of a silver or a gold in the men's 81kg category judo competition at the Rio Olympics just before midnight, UAE time on Tuesday.
In the second semifinal, the UAE's Sergiu Toma lost to Russia's Khasan Khalmurzaev by ippon (pinned down on the shoulders) in the 33rd second of the 'Golden Score' (extra time where the first to register an ippon wins the bout) after the two judokas had battled through the regulation five minutes with two penalties each.
In the title round, Khalmurzaev takes the US' Travis Stevens who beat Avtandil Tchrikishvili of Georgia with a clever ippon late in the first semifinal. Toma will now have to wait for the bronze medal bout against Tchrikishvili well past midnight, UAE time.