Masato Uchishiba, the 2000 world student champion, clinched gold for Japan, defeating Slovakia's Jozef Krnac for knockout "ippon" finish in the under-66kg final.

CNN: Thai gold as Asian athletes excel

Burton missed out on the semi-finals but earned a shot at a medal by beating France's Guillaume Elmont in the repechage event with an ippon score.

BBC: Euan Burton clinches World Championship judo bronze

She beat Lucie Decosse in the final with a stunning uchi-mata (inner thigh throw) as a counter to the Frenchwoman's own ouchi-gari (inner thigh reap) attack for the maximum ippon score.

CNN: Host nation maintain diving dominance