Tanaka and Murao strike more gold for Japan at judo worlds (0.8926014319809069)
<img src="https://thesun.my/binrepository/400x267/0c21/400d225/none/11808/QENF/judo-world-hun-women-70kg-163838_5330316_20250618073542.jpg"><p><b>SHIHO </b>Tanaka won the women's -70kg title and Sanshiro Murao the men's -90kg to bring Japan's tally to six golds at the world judo championships on Tuesday.</p><p>Japan have won six of the 10 titles already attributed after five days of competition in Budapest.</p><p>Tanaka won the first individual world title of her career after settling for bronze last year in Abu Dhabi.</p><p>She beat world number one Lara Cvjetko in the final, with the Croatian judoka settling for silver as in 2022.</p><p>Olympic silver medallist Murao, 24, won an all-Japanese final, defeating defending world champion Goki Tajima on penalties after a duel of 8 minutes and 30 seconds.</p><p>Georgia's Lasha Bekauri was eliminated in the round of 16. At 24, he still has no world gold medals, despite his two Olympic titles.</p>
