2006 Birmingham World Cup 1-2nd April

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Jayne Clason GBR sidesteps Liudmila Bogdanova's (RUS) uchimata attack but lost the contest by 2 wazaris.	Christina Marzok GER briefly dominated Ronda Rousey USA but then lost by an ippon.	Ronda Rousey USA defeated Marzok GER 63kgs
Riaboff FRA struggles with Clark GBR in the 63kgs semi-final but won by ippon.	Marie FRA beat Matsumoto USA 48kgs by a yuko.	Julia Kriesten GER 48kgs48kgs
Frietas POR defeated Kriesten GER 48kgs	Toni Prince GBR 48kgs	Dumitru ROM beat Hormigo POR 48kgs semi-final.
Natalia Samoilova RUS beat Jun Xiao CHN 48kgs to reach the final.	Opening ceremony.	Jun Xiao CHN defeated Oiana Blanco ESP by ippon with te-guruma to win the 48kgs bronze with 29 seconds left on the clock. The final score was 1100/0000
"Stand back"	Alina Dumitru ROM defeated Natalia Samoilova RUS 48kgs 0101/0030	57kgs G: Yu CHN, S: Espinosa Abrev CUB, B: Lindberg SWE and Aguirre de Yuan ESP.
Alvarez ESP Cavalleri POR 63kgs	Ronda Rousey USA wins her first World Cup gold medal.	Sarah Clarke GBR 63kgs bronze medallist
Ronda Rousey USA defeated Mezzina MLT 63kgs with an armlock in her opening match.	Gussenberg GER 63kgs catches Cavalleri POR but eventaully lost to her.	Ronda Rousey USA crushingly defeated Toucanne FRA 63kgs with a hold.
Marzok GER Walker GBR 63kgs	Belskaia RUS catches Roberts GBR 63kgs in Golden Score time with a foot sweep to reach the quarter-finals.	Bogdanova RUS defeated Lierka GER 52kgs 1010/0000
Sky TV control position organised by Simon Hicks (left) and Ian Sharples of Fighting Films	Ronda Rousey USA determindly throws Alvarez ESP 63kgs for ippon to reach the final.	Kriesten GER (white) lost to Freitas POR by a koka.
Dumitru ROM defeated Hormigo POR 48kgs with this extraordinary throw for wazari to reach the final.	Dumitru ROM defeated Hormigo POR 48kgs with this extraordinary throw for wazari to reach the final.	Dumitru ROM defeated Hormigo POR 48kgs with this extraordinary throw for wazari to reach the final.
Dumitru ROM defeated Hormigo POR 48kgs with this extraordinary throw for wazari to reach the final.	Dumitru ROM defeated Hormigo POR 48kgs with this extraordinary throw for wazari to reach the final.	Dumitru ROM defeated Hormigo POR 48kgs with this extraordinary throw for wazari to reach the final.
Throwing exhibition	British world champion Craig Fallon puts on a throwing exhibition for the spectators.	48kgs G: Dumitru ROM, S: Samoilova RUS, B: Arenas Comeron ESP and Xiao CHN
Liudmila Bogdanova RUS defeated Rahel Walser SUI 52kgs with uchi-mata for ippon.	Ang Zhu CHN beat Ana Carrascosa Zardgoza ESP 52kgs by ippon.	Ang Zhu CHN beat Ana Carrascosa Zardgoza ESP 52kgs by ippon.
Ang Zhu CHN beat Ana Carrascosa Zardgoza ESP 52kgs by ippon.	Ang Zhu CHN beat Ana Carrascosa Zardgoza ESP 52kgs by ippon.	Ang Zhu CHN beat Ana Carrascosa Zardgoza ESP 52kgs by ippon.
Ang Zhu CHN beat Ana Carrascosa Zardgoza ESP 52kgs by ippon.	Ang Zhu CHN - gold medallist	Liudmila Bogdanova RUS
Yaling Yu CHN defeated Sheila Espinosa Abrev CUB 57kgs by ippon to take the gold medal.	Yaling Yu CHN defeated Sheila Espinosa Abrev CUB 57kgs by ippon to take the gold medal.	Yaling Yu CHN
57kgs G: Yu CHN, S: Espinosa Abrev CUB, B: Aguirre De Juan ESP and Lindberg SWE	Sarah Clark GBR avoids an attack and then held Vera Koval RUS 63kgs for bronze medal.	Sarah Clark GBR held Vera Koval RUS 63kgs for bronze medal.
Ronda Rousey USA defeated Riaboff FRA 63 kgs in golden score time to win the gold medal.	Ronda Rousey USA knocked Fanny Riaboff FRA 63 kgs in Golden Score time to win the gold medal by a yuko (5 points).	G: Rousey USA, S: Riaboff FRA, B: Alvarez ESP and Clark GBR
Katie Mocco USA beat Sally Conway GBR 70kgs 0201/0000	Tea Donguzashvili RUS beat Sarah Adlington GBR o78kgs by ippon.	Tea Donguzashvili RUS beat Sarah Adlington GBR o78kgs by ippon with harai-makikomi.
Karina Bryant GBR strangled Verena Birndorfer GER o78kgs for ippon.	Bryant GBR catches Sokolova RUS o78kgs	Greve GER defeated Roberge CAN 70kgs
Simon Hicks of BJA sponsors Fighting Films presented the 70kgs medals.	G: Moskalyuk RUS, S: San Miguel ESP, B: Prieto Madrigal ESP and Wilson GBR	Simone Callender GBR defeated Ivis Duena Alonson CUB o78kgs in extra time with a koka from a drop seoinage tipping the Cuban on her side for the bronze medal.
Tea Donguzashvili RUS threw Karina Bryant o78kgs for ippon to win the gold medal.	Tea Donguzashvili RUS throws Karina Bryant GBR with harai-goshi for ippon to win the o78kgs gold medal.	Tea Donguzashvili RUS threw Karina Bryant o78kgs for ippon with a spectacular harai-goshi makikomi to win the gold medal.
BJA President George Kerr presented Karina Bryant with the Best British Judoka award	Greve GER defeated the experienced Croitoru ROM 70kgs	Schmidtke GER defeated the highly experienced Roberge CAN 70kgs 0002/0000
Sian Wilson GBR lost the semi-final to the eventual gold medallist Vera Moskalyuk RUS 78kgs	Elisa Schmidtke GER defeated Silvia Schlagnitweit AUT 70kgs by 0010/0000 to reach the final.	70kgs G: Schmidtke GER, S: Kuang CHN, B: Greve GER and Schlagnitweit AUT
Simone Callender GBR elated at defeating Ivis Duena Alonson CUB o78kgs for bronze.	Tea Donguzashvili RUS	G: Donguzashvili RUS, S: Bryant GBR, B: Callender GBR & Yu CHN