OLYMPIC judo debutant Lucy Renshall lost her opening round eliminator against Japan’s Miku Tashiro in Tokyo.
The 25-year-old from Eccleston was knocked out, with Tashiro winning the -63kg contest courtesy of a Waza-Ari on 2.24minutes.
Tashiro herself lost her second eliminator.
The final of this event will be played later this morning UK time.
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