Veteran Briton Gordon dumped out of judo after narrow defeat to Russian Denisov

Veteran Winston Gordon has been dumped out of the 2012 Games after a narrow defeat to accomplished Russian Kirill Denisov at the ExCel arena.
Gordon lit up North Arena 2 with an ippon win over Alexandre Emond of Canada in the first round of the under-90kgs, but succumbed to defeat in the following round.
The 36-year-old Londoner, who just missed out on bronze from the Athens Games in 2004, delivered a much-needed boost for Team GB's judokas when he executed a perfect Tai-otoshi body drop to dispatch the world number 14.

Winston Gordon looks dejected after he crashed out of the under-90kg judo to Kirill Denisov

Down you go: Gordon (left) bowed out of the under-90kg Judo on Wednesday to Denisov (right)

Edinburgh's Sally Conway competes at under-70kgs, in the first round against Carine Ngarlemdana of Chad.
However, she is in the same pool as second seeded Dutchwoman Edith Bosch, the double Olympic silver medallist.
Conway, 25, was also looking to reach the last 16, which would put her within one victory of a shot at the medal fights this afternoon.

Good start: Gordon (right) mad e apromising start with a win against Alexandre Edmond of Canada

Tough break: Gordon (right) was spurred on by the home support but could not overcome the Russian

There was again plenty of support for the home judoka, whose attacking forced the Chad fighter into conceding a passivity penalty.
Conway moved further ahead midway through the contest with scoring throws of her own to take command and closed out victory with a holdown.
Team GB are looking to end a 12-year wait for a judo Olympic medal, since Kate Howey won silver in Sydney.
Gordon - who is sensei at the EB Phoenix Judo Club in Tooting - was next up against Russian Kirill Denisov, coming out to another standing ovation from the British crowd.

Game over: Gordon's hopes of getting on the podium in 2012 turned to dust when Denisov defeated him

The three-time Olympian had to be on his guard against the shorter number seven seed, and was caught by a Yuko score after one minute and 15 seconds.
Lifted by chants of 'Winston' from around the arena, Gordon went back on the offensive.
However, he still trailed 1-0 heading into the final 30 seconds and went out by the narrowest of margins to end another British judoka's Olympic dreams.