ZAGREB, CROATIA • After earning an Olympic silver last year, Kennedy Blades walked into the Arena Zagredb with 68kg gold on her mind as she entered her first senior level World Championships. However, after Blades suffered her first loss since Paris, she would regroup and fire through the rest of the field, dominating each opponent, and claim her first World medal, bronze.
Blades bounces back and is bronzed

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