U.Duurenbayar wins bronze medal at World Judo Championships

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Anudari.M
anudari@montsame.gov.mn
2018-09-27 11:39:01

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ World youth champion and Asian Games silver medalist IM U.Duurenbayar claimed a bronze medal in the men’s heaviest weight class (+100 kg) of the 2018 World Judo Championships.


He defeated Pedro Pineda of Venezuela in his first match, Andy Granda of Cuba in the eighth-final and Olympic silver medalist and 2017 World Champion Hisayoshi Harasawa in the quarterfinal.


Thus, U.Duurenbayar claimed a bronze medal after losing to Guram Tushishvili of Georgia, becoming the second Mongolian judoka who grabbed bronze medal in the heaviest weight class.



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