<p class="title">One of the sport's longest winning runs came to an end on Sunday when two-time Olympic and eight-time judo world champion Teddy Riner was beaten for the first time in over nine years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After 154 successive wins, the 30-year-old Frenchman, who competes in the 100-kilogramme heavyweight category, was beaten by ippon by the Japanese Kokoro Kageura in the third round of the Paris Grand Slam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Riner's last defeat was back in September 2010 when he was controversially beaten by another Japanese Daiki Kamikaw in the open weight final at the world championships in Tokyo.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The defeat comes five months before the Tokyo Olympics when Riner will hope to emulate the lightweight judoka Tadahiro Nomura in winning gold at three successive Olympics.</p>
<p class="title">One of the sport's longest winning runs came to an end on Sunday when two-time Olympic and eight-time judo world champion Teddy Riner was beaten for the first time in over nine years.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After 154 successive wins, the 30-year-old Frenchman, who competes in the 100-kilogramme heavyweight category, was beaten by ippon by the Japanese Kokoro Kageura in the third round of the Paris Grand Slam.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Riner's last defeat was back in September 2010 when he was controversially beaten by another Japanese Daiki Kamikaw in the open weight final at the world championships in Tokyo.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The defeat comes five months before the Tokyo Olympics when Riner will hope to emulate the lightweight judoka Tadahiro Nomura in winning gold at three successive Olympics.</p>