British judoka Ben Fletcher suffers golden score defeat in Baku

Ben Fletcher's hopes of landing a European Games medal have come to an end following a round-of-16 defeat to Henk Grol in Baku.

The double British champion successfully navigated his way past Malta's Isaac Bezzina in the first round, but he lost out by a waza-ari at the next stage.

With the scores locked at the end of the five-minute bout, the Netherlands' Grol managed to secure a golden score win to advance through to the quarter-finals of the men's -100kg.

Fellow Great Britain hopeful Sarah Adlington also exited the competition early on this morning, while Gemma Gibbons still retains hopes of matching her London 2012 medal success.

Written by
Daniel Lewis