Canada's Christa Deguchi battles to gold at Judo Masters in Jerusalem

Canada's Christa Deguchi can add another gold medal to her collection.

The 2022 Commonwealth Games champion was victorious again in the under-57 kilogram division at the Judo Masters on Tuesday in Jerusalem. The annual event features 367 competitors from 58 countries.

Deguchi beat France's Sarah Leonie Cysique, the silver medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, to claim the top prize. Japan's Tsukasa Yoshido won bronze.

Deguchi, who was born in Japan but whose father is a Canadian citizen, missed out on the Olympics after finishing behind fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait at the 2021 world championships.

Canada could only send one judoka in the weight class, and Klimkait would go on to take home bronze. At the time, Deguchi and Klimkait were the top-two ranked athletes in their weight class.