The 25-year-old, who won a gold medal at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, secured the title with a waza-ari finish against Belgium's Sami Chouchi, who won the top prize at his country's national championships last year, in a final that lasted six minutes and 19 seconds.

Antonio Esposito of Italy and Russia's Aslan Lappinagov shared bronze.

Today's other men's event saw Armenia's Ferdinand Karapetian, who used to compete Russia, secure his first ever senior title with an excellent display in the men’s under-73kg competition.

The 25-year-old clinched the gold medal with an ippon finish against 2017 European Championships gold medallist Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan.

Turkey's Bilal Ciloglu and Sweden's Tommy Macias shared bronze.

The headline event of today’s women’s competition was a rematch of the under-63kg Rio 2016 Olympic final between Tina Trstenjak of Slovenia and Clarisse Agbegnenou of France.

After losing the Olympic final in Rio, Agbegnenou took revenge this time around with an ippon finish just after the seven-minute mark ensuring she claimed gold.

Lucy Renshall of Great Britain and Martyna Trajdos of Germany collected the bronze medals.

The other women's event today saw Great Britain's Sally Conway, who won bronze at Rio 2016, take on Kim Polling of The Netherlands in the under-70kg final.

It was Polling who eventually emerged triumphant after five minutes on the match thanks to an ippon finish.

Conway's compatriot Gemma Howell and Austria's Michaela Polleres shared bronze.

Tomorrow is the final day of competition with action taking place in the men's under-90kg, under-100kg and over-100kg events as well as in the women’s under and over 78kg categories.

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