Judo: Takanori Nagase wins Japan's 2nd gold at Zagreb Grand Prix

Japan's Takanori Nagase won the gold medal in the men's 81-kilogram division at the Zagreb Grand Prix on Saturday, the second day of the three-day judo competition in the Croatian capital.Nagase, a former world champion and bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, scored an ippon victory over Canadian judoka and London Olympic bronze medalist Antoine Valois-Fortier in the final at Dom Sportova.It was his second Grand Prix title in July, after the 25-year-old Nagasaki Prefecture native captured gold at the Montreal Grand Prix earlier this month."It boosts my confidence even more to be able …READ FULL ARTICLE