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Australia loses two judokas on day one

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The Rio Olympics is over for two of Australia's youngest judokas.

Debutants Joshua Katz and Chloe Rayner lasted a combined 161 seconds before losing in the first round on day one of the Games.

Katz, 18, went down to Uzbekistan's Diyorbek Urozboev by ippon - a match-winning move in judo - in the men's under-60kg division.

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Rayner, 19, was beaten by the same move by France's Laetitia Payet in her under-48kg contest.

Australia has five other judo exponents in the tournament, including Katz's older brother Nathan.

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