Judo: Sone captures 1st world title, while Harasawa fails to repeat at worlds

Teenager Akira Sone won her first women's heavyweight gold medal at the judo world championships on Saturday, where defending men's heavyweight champion Hisayoshi Harasawa lost to his 2016 Olympic nemesis.The 19-year-old Sone, a gold medalist last year in the mixed team event, won when 29-year-old former Olympic champion Idalys Ortiz lost on penalties in the final of the women's over-78 kilogram division."She's such an amazing athlete, so any way I could beat her is a victory," said Sone, who was competing as an individual at the worlds for the first time and is aiming to return to the same…READ FULL ARTICLE