World champion Yoshie Ueno won the women's 63-kilogramme title leading Japan to win three out of five classes in the Grand Slam judo tournament on Saturday. Two-time world champion Wang Ki-Chun of South Korea and Euan Burton of Britain won the remaining two categories in the men's 73kg and 81kg.
Japan took the four semi-final places with Ueno beating Nozomi Hirai and Ikumi Tanimoto for the title, but she appeared dissatisfied with her performance as she won by a foul play in the last two matches. "I'm not satisfied with my performances today, because I wanted to score points with my technique.
I must start training from the beginning again," said Ueno. Meanwhile, world bronze medallist Mina Watanabe claimed the 70kg title by throwing world silver medallist Anett Meszaros of Hungary for an ippon as Japan continued to win all the women's titles.
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