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Daria Bilodid, a Ukrainian judoka and the youngest world champion in the history of judo, has won gold medal at the 2018 World Championships Juniors in Nassau, the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine wrote on Facebook.
She defeated Yoshida Sana, the Japanese IJF debutant.
“Daria Bilodid has conquered the world again. Having left no chances to Yoshida Sana of Japan in the finals of weight category under 48 kilograms, Ukrainian judoka won gold medal at the World Junior Judo Championships in Bahamas. Congratulations to Daria and her parents-coaches, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Gennady Bilodid,” the NOC write.
Bilodid is the world no. 1 judoka in the under 48 kilograms weight category, according to the ranking list published by the International Judo Federation.
In late September, Bilodid defeated the defending champion, the Japanese Funa Tonaki at the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan. She became the first one to win the world championship in the history of Ukrainian women’s judo, and the second in general, after the victory of Georgii Zantaraia in Rotterdam 2009.
