London, Jul 29 (IANS): World number two Sarah Menezes of Brazil overcame defending champion Alina Dumitru of Romania to win the women's 48kg judo title at the London Olympics here Saturday.
Three-time worlds bronze medallist Menezes pulled off a waza-ari to beat Dumitru. She had a disappointing 19th finish in Beijing four years ago, Xinhua reports.
Hungarian Eva Csernoviczki pushed aside favourite Tomoko Fukumi of Japan for the bronze.