Three-time Southeast Asian Games champion Kiyomi Watanabe failed to advance to the medal round of the prestigious 2017 World Judo Championships being held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary.

The 21-year old Filipino-Japanese judoka suffered a second-round loss to American Leilani Akiyama in Pool C of the women’s 63 kg. category.

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