Judo》"Judo God" Yang Yongwei first overturned the Olympic silver medal and won the first gold medal of the season in 11 minutes of fierce battle in the final.

Yang Yongwei. (Taken from the International Judo Federation Facebook)

[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] "Judo God" Yang Yongwei won all the way in the men's 60kg category at the Zagreb Grand Prix. He first defeated the Paris Olympic silver medalist Luka Mkheidze of France in the top four, and then defeated the Kazakh Aman Bakytzhan after 11 minutes of fierce fighting in the gold medal match. He won his first gold medal of the season and won the gold medal again after one year.

Yang Yongwei entered the competition as the second seed and enjoyed a bye in the first round. In the second round, he faced Israeli player Yehonatan VEKSLER in a fierce battle to the golden point system. After almost 1 minute of attack and defense, he won by effective points. Then in the quarterfinals, he faced German player MAXIMILIAN HEYDER and won one and a half wins. Then he succeeded in suppressing the opponent with sleep skills. He won with two and a half wins and one win, and successfully advanced to the top four.

The top four faced the Paris Olympic silver medalist and French player Mkedez. The two sides launched a fierce attack and defense at the beginning of the game. However, Yang Yongwei first achieved success with a big outside cut and successfully defended the victory. In the gold medal match, although he was knocked down to one and a half at the beginning, he won in the regular game. The match was tied 1 minute before the end. In the golden scoring system, he faced the test of more than 7 minutes of overtime, forcing his opponent to swallow the third instruction and successfully accepted the victory. This was his second gold medal since the Gold Coast Oceania Judo Open in November last year.

In addition, Taiwanese judo expert Lin Chongyou won the first Grand Prix bronze medal in his career in the men's 66kg bronze medal match, relying on effective scoring to defeat Italian Valerio Accogli.