Israeli Judoka Yitzhak Ashpiz Eliminated in First Round of World Championships
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- Yitzhak Ashpiz lost his first match at the Judo World Championships.
- Ashpiz was defeated by Georgia's Giorgi Sardalashvili.
- Sardalashvili is a former world and European champion.
- Ashpiz, 18, was a podium contender and highly ranked.
- This was Ashpiz's senior World Championships debut.
Israeli judoka Yitzhak Ashpiz was eliminated in his first match at the World Championships in Azerbaijan on Sunday. The 18-year-old Ashpiz lost to Giorgi Sardalashvili of Georgia, a former world and European champion. Sardalashvili, 23, defeated Ashpiz by ippon. Ashpiz, considered one of the world's top young judokas, had been ranked second coming into the competition and was a podium contender. He previously won a gold medal at the Cadet World Championships and a bronze at the recent European Championships, as well as a gold at the Budapest Grand Slam in September. This was Ashpiz's first appearance at the senior World Championships.
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