Olympic champion Lasha Bekauri and European champion Luka Maisuradze competed for the gold medal.

The meeting was heated as was to be expected. With waza-ari, Maisuradze prevailed in overtime.

The World Championships in Doha produced a number of Georgian judo history-making performances.

For the first time since Georgia’s independence, Tato Grigalshvili won two consecutive world championships
The World Championship included the debut of the Georgian final
Winning a gold medal for the fifth consecutive World Championship
Two gold medals at one world championship.