Sporting Digest: Judo

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hamilton, Canada) (First day): MEN: Over 95kg, quarter- finals: D Khakhaleichvili (Geo) bt Kim Kun- Soo (S Kor) decision; F Moller (Ger) bt J Karnik (Can) ippon; R Kubacki (Pol) bt G Erdene (Mong) waza ari; D Douillet (Fr) bt J M Mery (Bra) ippon. Semi-finals: Khakhaleichvili bt Moller waza ari; Douillet bt Kubacki yuko. Under 95kg, quarter-finals: A Kovacs (Hun) bt S Traineau (Fr) ippon; M Meiling (Ger) bt J Aguirre (Arg) ippon; D Sergeev (Rus) bt V Voinov (Lith) ippon; A Miguel (Bra) bt Y Kai (Japan) waza ari. Semi-finals: Kovacs bt Meiling yuko; Miguel bt Sergeev decision. Repechages: Over 95kg: S Kossotorov (Rus) bt Kim Kun-Soo (S Kor) koka; I Pertelson (Est) bt I Csosz (Hun) yuko.

WOMEN: Over 72kg, quarter-finals: H Anno (Japan) bt S Lee (GB) koka; M van der Lee (Neth) bt Eva Granicz (Hun) ippon; S Gundarenko (Rus) bt H Rashid (Eg) yuko; J Hagn (Ger) bt Shin Hyun-Me (S Kor) decision. Semi-finals: Anno bt van der Lee decision; Hagn bt Gudarenko decision. Under 72kg, quarter-finals: L Meignan (Fr) bt Chen Caiu Ping (Tai) ippon; K Howey (GB) bt C Luna (Cuba) ippon; Leng Chunui (Ch) bt H Matsuo (Japan) ippon; Kim Mi-Jung (S Kor) bt A Santos (Sp) yuko. Semi-finals: Howey bt Meignan; Leng Chun-Hui bt Kim Mi-Jung decision. Repechages: Over 72kg: B Maksymov (Pol) bt N Lupino (Fr) ippon; Qiao Yan-Min (Ch) bt Lee Shio-Hung (S Kor) waza ari. Under 72 kg: S Bacher (US) bt C Luna (Cuba) decision; V Kazunina (Rus) bt U Verbrouck (Bel) waza ari.