Burton claims bronze medal in World Masters

JUDO: Great Britain’s Euan Burton won a bronze medal at the Judo World Masters in Almaty yesterday.

On the second day of the tournament in Kazakhstan, the Scot reached the semi-finals, where he lost to Olympic champion Elnur Mammadli to end his strong run.

Mammadli, of Azerbaijan, went on to win gold in the final with an impressive defeat of Japan’s Takahiro Nakai by ippon in 2minutes 25seconds.

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