Sporting Digest: Judo

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hamilton, Can): Men: Middleweight (u86kg): Y Nakamura (Japan) gold; N Gill (Can) silver; L Villar (Sp), A Croitoru (Rom) bronzes. Light middleweight (u78kg): Chun Ki-Young (S Kor) gold; H Yoshida (Japan) silver; J Morris (US), D Yandzi (Fr) bronzes. Lightweight (u71kg): Yung Chung-Hoon (Korea) gold; B Hajtos (Hung) silver; D Hideshima (Japan), R Cardoso (Bra) bronzes. Featherweight (u65kg): Y Nakamura (Japan) gold; E Born (Swit) silverl; U Quellmalz (Ger), S Kosmynin (Rus) bronzes. Women: Middleweight (66kg): Cho Min-Sun (Kor) gold; B Ogasawara (US) silver; D Zhang (Ch), O Reve (Cuba) bronzes. Light middleweight (u61kg): G van de Cavaye (Bel) gold; Y Arad (Isr) silver; Z Beltran (Cuba), D Bell (GB) bronzes. Lightweight (u56kg): N Fairbrother (GB) gold; C Tateno (Japan) silver; M Gonzalez (Cuba), J Gal (Neth) bronzes. Featherweight (u52kg): R Verdecia (Cuba) gold; A Munoz (Sp) silver; W Suzuki (Japan), C Nowak (Fr) bronzes.

Open Competition (Men) Third round: Group B: (selected results): E Gordon (GB) bt S Pepic (Slovak) ippon; R Kubacki (Pol) bt Gordon ippon. Women's under 48kg, Group A: J Heron (GB) bt T Kouvchinova (Rus) decision; Heron bt K Veszi (Hung) ippon.