The Japanese, still the world's largest judo powerhouse, laid down a marker that they remain the team to beat in what was the final major competition before Rio 2016.

Chizuru Arai continued where her team left off on day one with victory in the under 70 kilograms competition.

She beat Valentina Maltseva of Russia in the final as bronze medals were shared by Venezuela's Elvismar Rodriguez and Bosnia and Herzegovina's Aleksandra Samardzic.

Rika Takayama then beat Slovenia's Klara Apotekar to win in the under 78kg category.

Russia ensured two more podium positions as Aleksandra Babintceva and Anastasiya Dmitrieva shared bronze.

Nami Inamori made it seven from seven in female divisions with an over 78kg final victory over Nihel Cheikh Rouhou of Tunisia.

Larisa Ceric claimed the second Bosnian medal of the day by sharing bronze with Russia's Nataly Sokolova.

There were no Japanese victories today in any of the four men's categories to be contested.

Asian Loppinagov claimed Russian spoils in the under 81kg event after overcoming Japan's Seidai Sato.

Brone medallists Alan Khubets and Stanislav Semenov claimed two more Russian podium positions.

Andrey Volkov then claimed a second Russian victory over a Japanese opponent after overcoming Yusei Ogawa at over 100kg.

The two powerhouses each also took bronze, courtesy of Japan's Takeshi Ojitani and Russia's Anton Brachev.

Sweden upset the party, however, by also claiming double gold.

Marcus Nymen beat Russia's Khusen Khalmurza in the under 90kg final before Martn Pacek overcame Adlan Bisultanov, also of the host nation, at under 100kg.

Russia's Magomed Magomedov and Japan's Kenta Nagasawa claimed under 90kg bronzes, while two Russians in Niiaz Bilalov and Kazbek Zankishiev did so at under 100kg. 

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