Lombardo enjoyed a fairytale run to the final in the men’s under-73 kilograms category, and won gold when his opponent used his head to avoid being thrown for a seoi-nage, an illegal move that led to a disqualification.

Bronze medals in the category went to Ukraine’s Vladyslav Kazimirov and Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan.

A dramatic second day in Antalya saw Ketleyn Quadros of Brazil claim a last-gasp victory in the gold medal bout against Inbal Shemesh of Israel in the women’s under-63kg.

The contest was on course for golden score before Quadros launched an ippon-seoi-nage on the buzzer.

The move was counted as an ippon and was enough to secure Quadros the victory.

Bronze medals went to Katharina Haecker of Australia and Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard.

In the women’s under-70kg, Japan’s Saki Niizoe defeated double world champion Barbara Matic of Croatia to take gold.

After a close contest that went all the way to golden score Niizoe scored a waza-ari to seal the win.

Bronze medals in the category went to Israel’s Maya Goshen and Ai Roustant Tsunoda of Spain.

The men’s under-81kg category gold medal bout pitted the top two seeds against each other in Matthias Casse of Belgium and Saeid Mollaei of Azerbaijan.

Casse and Mollaei, who are both world and Olympic champions, played out a fascinating final with the decisive moment coming when Casse scored an osae-komi.

Bronze medals in the category went to Canadian Francois Gauthier Drapeau and France’s Oumar Alpha Djalo.

Prior to the session of finals on day two in Antalya IJF staff gathered to promote the organisation’s White Card campaign in the run-up to the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.