Toronto's Shady El Nahas nabs silver medal at World Judo Championships

Where we come now to the final of the under 100K category. Chadi El Nahas of Canada goes up against Zelim Kotzowiev of Azerbaijan. It will be El Nahas in the white, Giroki Kotzowiev in blue. Let's take a look and see how they got here. Now we can see a roll to the final form. Our Nahas have some great form. Look at this change of direction. OU Chigari against Farah. Another change of direction. Other flank this time was against Arai Dota of Japan. Yes again changing direction with Arai to get the score for console through involved getting past the war. One jungle Republic of Korea, yes ended up they was up to secure the hold. Next up was Peter Palczyk of Israel. Huge sarigashi on Palczyk already was hurry up semi. Finally was George Fonseca of Portuguese. George Fonseca of Portugal. Yes, Chimata took him over for a second score. The referee in the middle for this one is Amano Akiko of Japan. Well, here they come then for this final fighting. Absolutely out of his skin today. He's taking chances all way all the way through the day. I think he'll have to be a little bit cautious of locking up too much. He was locking up against Arai, locking up against all the other opponents, but this man, he's going to have to be cautious doing that with. He's also had the most amazing form, some huge throws against just quality opposition Elder Hassan in white for Canada and the soy of of Azerbaijan, real opposing styles. He's going to try and stop the big right arm of could say of coming over the top here. They fought each other four times before it's two apiece. He set up a brilliant Uchimata in the semi final to throw Fonseca. Catch a boom up there by Armahas now. Oh yes, he's going to score. Takes him with a reverse telly. Otoshi there. How often do we see that now? And Kotziev goes a waziry ahead. Watch this. He'll go round the back, goes round the back, controls the hands and directs him onto his back. He comes at you from all angles, doesn't he? It's when you think you've got side blocked and it's not. He doesn't do a a classical Ichimacha as well. He does. I was going to say not many people catch from Checker, but we did just just see him before beautifully twice. Yeah, we'll leave that one then. Plenty of time left on the clock. Here we go. Oh, so close there. Change of direction there from Kutziev. Wow, what a performance from him here. Aldas hasn't really gone off go yet. Going to have to just up the pace here and up the ante a little bit. Aldas now he does realises it's slipping away from him. Uchi Mata Koichi uchi Mata again. Some good attacks there by El Nahas. That was outside wasn't it? That last one, so not far off there. Change of direction. Just Kosoto. He's got no other option. He's got to attack. It's going to leave him little bit vulnerable for the counter arm round soon as that arm hits minute 29 left on the clock. Still feel as though there's enough time in here. Another twist to come. Definitely think that there's another score on the in the bag here. I really do. I know. I think I know where it's going to come from. But I tell you, great stuff there. Uchi Mata uchi Gary, changes of direction coming up to the last minute. I'm a little bit desperate there. Yeah. I mean, now we're at the stage, aren't we? Where I dare. Not now. Do something wrong. So he's going to change the game plan in the last minute. Well, that's for changing the game plan. And he changed it. He changed everything. Dominated for four minutes over and that's better full art attack now 39 seconds really going quickly that clock now push the arm round. Oh well, I mean he was attacking with Maggie commies. He was so it's going to be hard to give it for that. I wouldn't no, unless it's really blatant. Wow, your eye was so close there massive hits across so close. Oh, he almost over balanced as well. He had the sleeve. Al Nahas does really, really well to just prevent that. Now, then 20 seconds, he's got to get out of there. He's got to get out of there. Now look at this and he's going to go and waste a few valuable seconds here into the last 10 seconds and he's making it as if he's doing the shimmy was a winner. It wasn't a real intention. 6 seconds left on the clock, one attack, second gold medal then for Azerbaijan, and it's the second silver medal for Canada against the Newsbeck Azeri. This I'm sorry. One was against Newsbeck. Yeah. Why? The other one was against those good final, good final and just held on in the end there. But he has been absolutely blessed to inform today it's a he's now his world champion, very unusual style cuts AF1 of the most awkward. We were saying at the beginning today that he really is one of the most awkward in the category. Just everything about fighting him would just be wrong. Under 73 kilograms, under 90 kilograms, World champions Azerbaijan and a very dejected there, Shirley Elnas. And but I've got to say that he's had the most incredible day as well -100 kilos. Did I say 90? I meant 100. We knew that excitement. That was the technique there, that reverse Tonio Toshi. Look how he just comes around the back there, comes around the back, goes one way, takes him the other there, but keeps the sleeve. And that's the important thing there. He keeps the sleeve, dominates the sleeve, and then projects him onto his back. See, the Georgians do this. This is where it came from. New world champion in the under 100K category. Salem Kotsuyev of It's the always saying he joined his team mate, the Under 73K category, the 2024 world champion.