A Mongolian judoka won gold at the IJF World Judo Championship for Senior Individuals and Teams in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Monday August 26th. All international judo associates gathered together in Rio de Janeiro for the most important moment of the season: the World Judo Championships, Senior Individuals and Teams from August 26th to September 1st, 2013.

According to schedule the winners of the women`s -48 kg and men`s 60 kg were released on Monday.

In the women`s 48 kg category M.Urantsetseg won the gold and D.Amartuvshin won silver in the lightweight category. G.Boldbaatar placed fifth by competing in the weight category for the bronze.

The Mongolian team took the lead with a gold and silver medal out of 123 countries on the first day of the World Judo Championship.

This year`s edition of the World Judo Championship was organized according to new rules approved by the International Judo Federation.

For seven days, the best judoka in the world will compete for the ultimate World Champion title in 14 different weight categories. Nations will also compete for the world title in the team competition, an event that might be integrated with the Olympic program in 2016.

Paris Grand Slam bronze medalist Munkhbat Urantsetseg produced the performance of her career by defeating former world champion Asami Haruna (JPN) in the -48kg final. Munkhbat Urantsetseg sealed the win by juji-gatame to claim the gold medal.

M.Urantsetseg is the first female judoka to be crowned the judo world champion in the sports history of Mongolia. She won the second gold for Mongolia. In 2009, Mongolian judoka Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar brought the title of judo world champion from the Judo World Championship held in Holland.