Tuvshinbayar Naidan shows off his pure power

The Mongolian posted three scoring throws to outclass Zhitkeyev, each time using brute strength to pick his opponent off the floor and roll him on to his back.

Conceding 5 inches to his opponent, Naidan played to his strengths, diving low and barrelling into Zhitkeyev's legs to force him off balance.

Two minutes into the bout, the tactic paid off handsomely, with Naidan slinging Zhitkeyev across his shoulders and tossing him on his side to post a high waza ari score.

With the wind taken out of his sails, Zhitkeyev allowed himself to be thrown twice more for low scoring uko, leaving the result beyond doubt.

"The first thing I thought of was my parents and my coach,'' said Naidan, who bolsters his judo with elements of traditional Mongolian wrestling.

Mongolia has won medals in wrestling, boxing, shooting and judo in previous
games, but never a gold.

Naidan marked a big upset over Athens Olympic champion Keiji Suzuki of Japan in his opening bout.

Azerbaijan's Movlud Miraliyev beat Przemyslaw Matyjaszek of Poland to win a bronze, throwing him to the tatami to post a high waza ari score.

Henk Grol of the Netherlands overcame the disappointment of his narrow semi-final loss to Zhitkayev, prevailing over Georgia's Levan Zhorzholiani in the other bronze decider.

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