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Mongolian ends Asami's bid for title hat-trick

By Duncan Mackay at the Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro

Mongolia's Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg claimed the first gold medal of the World Judo Championships in Rio de JaneiroAugust 26 - Mongolia's Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg ensured a spectacular start to the judo World Championships here today as she denied Japan's Haruna Asami a third successive title in the under 48 kilogram category.







Fox crowns dominant white-water season with victory in Slovakia

By David Owen

Jessica Fox secured the 2013 Canoe Slalom World Cup series in the C1 disciplineAugust 25 - Jessica Fox, the Australian teenager who took silver at London 2012, has sealed her recent dominance of women's white-water canoeing, winning the final race of the season in Bratislava to take the 2013 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe Slalom World Cup series in the C1 discipline by a crushing margin of more than 60 points.