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The jujutsu competition at the 20th Asian Games took place on October 2. 'Nooch' Nuchanat Singhsilat, 23, entered the women's 52kg division for the bronze medal bout against Mongolia's Mongoljing Ganbat. The Thai athlete prevailed 4-2 to secure the bronze medal, her first ever at the Asian Games and the second medal for Thailand's jujutsu squad in this edition.

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