Magomedomar Magomedomarov defeated Temur Rakhimov of Tajikistan on Tuesday in Hangzhou to win the UAE’s first gold medal at this year’s Asian Games. Magomedomarov outclassed Rakhimov in the over 100kg category final.

The UAE’s Aram Grigorian and Dzhafar Kostoev also clinched bronze medals, respectively. Grigorian beat his South Korean rival Han Juyeop in the 90kg category of the competition, while Kostoev outlasted Japan’s Aaron Phillip Wolf in the 100kg bout. Meanwhile, Zafer Kosovo of the UAE won a bronze in the under-100 kg category, beating Philip Aaron Wolf of Japan.

The UAE have taken their medals tally to five after judokas Bishrelt Khorloodoi and Narmandakh Bayanmunkh won the country’s first medals at the Games on Sunday. The UAE judo team accounts for all the medals the nation has won so far in China – exceeding their own pre-tournament predictions.