Japanese wrestler Saori Yoshida - who is five-time world wrestling champion winner - has been brought to an end after 119 matches, ahead of her Olympic title defence in Beijing, press reports said Sunday.

According to Kyodo news She lost to American Marcie Van Dusen 2-0 in the 55-kilogramme category at the women’s freestyle wrestling World Cup team competition in Taiyuan, China, on Saturday.

Yoshida said “I realised that I needed to train much more ahead of Beijing. I definitely want to triumph at the Beijing Olympics” .

Yoshida, a quick tackler at 156 centimetres (5 feet 2 inches), won a record fifth straight world title in September. (source : Google News)