Zhanar Kashkyn was one of the home judokas hoping to make an impression on day five ©Getty Images

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Top seed Kim Polling of The Netherlands was a surprise early exit in the women's under 70 kilogram division ©Getty Images

Colombia's Yuri Alvear was unable to defend her title ©Getty Images

Gevrise Emane of France met Maria Bernabeu of Spain in the final ©IJF

Gevrise Emane showed her emotions after claiming her second world title, with the first having come in 2007 ©Getty Images

The Netherlands' Marhinde Verkerk and Poland's Daria Pogorzelec met in an under 78 kilogram bronze medal match ©Getty Images

Japan's Mami Umeki triumphed in the gold medal bout ©Getty Images

An all-Georgian bronze medal bout in the men's under 90 kilogram division was won by Varlam Liparteliani ©Getty Images

South Korea's Don Hang Gwak celebrates winning gold in the division ©Getty Images

It was the South Korean judoka's first world title ©Getty Images