Owen Livesey targeting judo gold

Owen Livesey has admitted that he is hoping to come away with gold when the -81kg judo competition gets underway tomorrow.

The 23-year-old Englishman missed out on a place at the London Olympics two years ago, but won the British Championships earlier this year.

He told St Helens Star: My preparation for this has gone really well, with a training camp in Belarus and one in Barcelona. It has gone really great since my return, I had trained really hard in the build up to my comeback but it was still a bit of a shock to win the British Championships on my return.

"All the judo is televised and we have been on the news and it opens doors for sponsorship. If you a win a medal or even better win the gold it presents a great opportunity.

"I am hoping I can win it. I have been training hard for 13 months since I returned and have fought and beat already a few of my opponents who are going to be in the Commonwealth Games, so I am hoping I can beat them again. I have done everything I can do so am now just going out there enjoy it and hopefully it comes good."

Livesey will need to win five fights tomorrow in order to seal the gold.