France's Lucie Decosse cemented her standing as world number one by retaining the under-70kg title at the Judo World Championships here on Friday. It was Decosse's third world crown having also reigned at under-63kg in 2005 in Cairo. European champion Edith Bosch, herself a former world champion, paid for a terribly negative performance in the final as she picked up three penalty points to hand victory to her opponent.
Japan's world number four Yoriko Kumihara took bronze by throwing Cuba's Onix Cortes Aldama for waza-ari with an inner thigh technique (uchi-mata).