Cloverdale’s Lowan Le Bris placed fifth at the recent judo world championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Competing in the cadet category (18 and under) for the under-73 kg weight class, Le Bris had a good tournament overall, making the bronze final and only losing the medal-round fight in the final moments to a Georgian competitor.

He placed 5th overall because in judo competitions there are two bronze medal matches. So there are rankings of 1-6 after the medal round. Le Bris ranked higher than the fighter who lost the other bronze match, otherwise he may have finished sixth overall.

“It was a very close bout, and Lowan could have won it, but unfortunately he was defeated in the last few seconds,” coach Ewan Beaton said after the match, as quoted on judocanada.org . “He clearly has the skil

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