BAKU - Japan's Wakana Koga won the women's 48-kilogram title, while compatriot Ryuju Nagayama took the men's 60-kg bronze as the judo world championships opened Sunday in Baku.
Contesting her fifth world championship, Koga claimed her first world title with an ippon victory over the reigning champion, Italy's Assunta Scutto, in the final in the Azerbaijan capital.
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