Wednesday, 7 April 2021 Vladimir Zoloev won a historic gold medal for host nation Kyrgyzstan at the Asia-Oceania Judo Championships in Bishkek. The Asian Games bronze medallist earned Kyrgyzstan's first-ever continental judo title with victory in the men's under-81 kilograms division. Zoloev beat Saeid Mollaei, now of Mongolia and a former world champion in the division, in the semi-finals and then overcame South Korea's Lee Moon-jin in the final. Lee's medal was one of five won by South Korea across four weight categories today. Mollaei and Sharofiddin Boltaboev of Uzbekistan won the bronze medals. Ex-world champion An Chang-rim won the men's under-73kg title for South Korea, overcoming Tajikistan's Somon Makhmadbekov in the final, and China's Qing Daga took a bronze medal along with Victor Scvortov of the United Arab Emirates.