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Judo: Ben Fletcher gutted by World Championships defeat

The Wokingham athlete lost to Egypt's Ramadan Darwish in round two in Budapest.

The Olympian was caught by a counter waza-ari from his lower ranked opponent in golden score added time in Hungary.

"I thought I was someone who was in and around the mix," Fletcher told 大象传媒 Sport's David McDaid. "It was a close fight, but I just made a mistake."

And Fletcher candidly admitted the mistake which led to defeat.

"I went in for an attack, overstretched, and got countered in the golden score period.

"I made a mistake and got countered because of it."

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