Conway's collection builds as she seals world bronze

Sally Conway has capped an enviable set of medals, completing the trio of world, European and Olympic after sealing bronze at the World Judo Championships.

The Rio bronze medallist took third on a stellar day in Tokyo, downing world number three Anna Bernholm to top her pool and reach the semi-finals in the -70kg category.

There she faced former world silver medallist and world number two-ranked French judoka Marie-Eve Gahie, but an unfortunate mistake led to a premature defeat.

The Scot certainly did not let her head drop, however, dominating her bronze-medal match against Michaela Polleres to win by waza-ari for a place on the podium.

“I just wanted to turn up today and give my best fight and performance. I’m happy I was able to do this and produce a medal at my 8th World Championships,” she said.

"Sally put in a hard and gritty performance today, winning all her fights with throws which shows after all the experience she has, she is still making improvements and she didn’t win any fight in ne-waza,” added Senior Performance Head Coach, Kate Howey.

“I’m really pleased for her to get a medal and complete the set of World, Olympic and European medals.”

Elsewhere on the fifth day of the championships, Frazer Chamberlain was defeated in the second round of the -90kg, while Max Stewart fell in the fourth against reigning world silver-medallist Ivan Felipe Silva Morales and Gemma Howell lost to Margaux Pinot.