Joanne Van Lieshout After Early Elimination at the World Judo Championships: 'I Didn't Come to Hungary for This'

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Defending a world title? What Joanne van Lieshout managed to do as a junior, went terribly wrong on Monday afternoon in Budapest. Last year's world champion lost in the third round to Brazilian Nauana Silva.

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Judoka Joanne van Lieshout from Lierop was unable to defend her world title in the class up to 63 kilograms. The 22-year-old lost in the eighth finals at the World Championships in Budapest to the Brazilian Nauana Silva with a waza-ari, the second highest score in judo, and was therefore eliminated. Van Lieshout surprised with the world title a year ago. She then entered the Olympic Games in Paris as the big favorite, but she was defeated in her…