Olympic Times - Sports Daily

Irakli Tsirekidze of Georgia, gold medalist of the 2007 World Championships, won gold in his Olympic debut, winning Judo Men’s -90kg by beating Amar Benikhlef of Algeria with a shido.

In his second Olympic Games, Hesham Mesbah of Egypt defeated Yves-Matthieu Dafreville of France with an ippon to take the first bronze in Judo Men -90kg. Sergei Aschwanden of Switzerland overcame Ivan Pershin of Russia with an ippon to win the second bronze medal. Aschwanden was also competing in the Olympics for the second time.

from: beijing2008.cn