Having failed to achieve a podium finish on the first two days of the event at the Heydar Aliyev Arena, the Dutch team were in sparkling form in the heavyweight divisions.

They were assured of gold and silver in the women’s under-78 kilogram event when Steenhuis and former world champion Marhinde Verkerk reached the final.

Their encounter had added spice as Steenhuis was overlooked for the Rio 2016 Olympics with Verkerk taking the spot on the Dutch team, only to suffer a first round exit at the Games.

Steenhuis was able to assert herself as the dominant judoka today, with the 24-year-old securing an ippon victory over her compatriot to clinch gold.

Hungary’s Abigel Joo secured the first bronze medal by defeating Kazakhstan’s Albina Amangeldiyeva via ippon, before Japan’s Shiori Yoshimura triumphed in the same manner against Samanta Soares of Brazil.

There would also be an ippon success for Savelkouls in the heavyweight final, with the Dutchwoman securing the over-78kg title by beating European champion Kayra Sayit of Turkey.

Ukraine would claim both bronze medals in the division as Yelyzaveta Kalanina secured a waza-ari victory over Lithuania’s Santa Pakenyte, while Svitlana Iaromka earned the last podium spot due to Bosnia’s Larisa Ceric receiving three penalties due to passivity.

Korrel completed the hat-trick of gold medals for the Dutch team, but he had the most nerve shredding encounter, winning via a golden score in the men’s under-100kg division.

His opponent Elmar Gasimov, the Rio 2016 silver medal winner, was penalised for passivity after four minutes of the additional period which denied the home judoka gold.

A second Azeri medal in the division came when veteran Elkhan Mammadov beat his 18-year-old countryman Zelym Kotsoiev, after the teenager received three shido penalties.

Hungary’s Miklos Cirjenics received the second bronze medal, beating Israel’s Peter Paltchik via ippon.

The home crowd were denied victory in the men's under-90kg competition as Kazakhstan’s Islam Bozbayev scored two waza-aris to beat Mammadali Mehdiyev of Azerbaijan.

Azeri judokas would also miss out on both bronze medals, with Abdulhagg Rasullu losing by ippon to the Ukraine’s Quedjau Nhabali, while his compatriot Tural Safguliyev lost in the same manner to Georgia’s Ushangi Margiani.

The final gold medal of the Grand Slam was claimed by another Georgian, with European junior champion Guram Tushishvili winning the men's over-100kg title.

He defeated Hungary’s Barna Bor in the final, having already dispensed of double Olympic bronze medallist Rafael Silva of Brazil.

Mongolia’s Duurenbayar Ulziibayar received three shido penalties in the first bronze medal match to give victory to Ukraine’s Stanislav Bondarenko, before Onise Bughadze of Georgia earned a waza-ari win over Azerbaijan’s Ushangi Kokauri.

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