SERBIA'S MIHAJLO SIMIN TAKES WORLD JUDO BRONZE IN BAKU

BAKU, OCTOBER 7 /SRNA/ - Serbia's Mihajlo Simin won a bronze medal in the men's 81kg category at the World Judo Championships in Baku on Wednesday.

Simin received a first-round bye before defeating Ukraine's Vladyslav Kolobov in the second round. He beat Kazakhstan's Zhalgas Kairola in the round of 16 and Azerbaijan's Omar Rajabli in the quarter-finals. Simin lost to Georgia's Tato Grigalashvili in the semi-finals before beating South Korea's Lee Joon-hwan in the bronze-medal repechage. Simin's bronze was Serbia's second medal at the championships in Baku after Marica Perišić won bronze in the women's 57kg category on Tuesday.