On the final day of the Zagreb Grand Prix, Natalie Powell won gold to add to the bronze medal she recently won at the Tbilisi Grand Slam.
Entering the -78kg category seeded 6th. Powell had an opening-round bye before victories against Linda Politi (ITA) and Beata Pacut-Kloczko (POL) progressed her to the Semi-Finals.
Powell booked her place in the final in style, defeating 3x Olympic bronze medallist and double World Champion Mayra Aguiar (BRA) by ippon score.
Top seed and world number 3 Inbar Lanir (ISR) awaited Powell in the Final. As the clock ticked past the 90-second mark, Powell went to ground applying an arm lock, which subsequently forced her opponent to tap out, handing Powell her 4th career Grand Slam gold medal.
