Judo: Sally Conway picked for World Championships
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Edinburgh judoka Sally Conway is the only Scot in the Great Britain team for the World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan, from August 24-29.
The 28-year-old is included in the nine-strong squad, hoping to win her first world medal at Under-70kg level to boost her credentials for next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
English judokas Gemma Gibbons (Under-78kg), who is also based in Edinburgh, and Colin Oates (Under-66kg) are also included in the squad.
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Judo (meaning "gentle way") is a modern martial art, combat and Olympic sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano . Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the objective is to either throw or takedown an opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue an opponent with a pin, or force an opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke. Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defenses are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (kata,) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice. A judo practitioner is called a judoka.
