Georgian judoka Adam Okruashvili opened the World Championship with victory. He was involved from the second circle and won over Italian Alessio Mascetti without a stunt.

In 1/8 final Okruashvili will wrestle against Dutch Roy Mayers.

Today, Levan Matiashvili (+100 kg) also involved in the tournament, but lost to Lithuanian Marius Paskevichu by ippon.