Who is the judo world champion

Nikoloz Sherazadishvili. Guram Tushishvili. Varlam Liparteliani. Sagi Muki. Saeid Mollaei. Christa Deguchi. Manuel Lombardo. Toshihiko Koga. Sanne Van Dijke. Kokoro Kageura. Peter Paltchik. Madeleine Malonga. Telma Monteiro. Yago Abuladze. Lasha Bekauri.

Natsumi Tsunoda. Romane Dicko. Idalys Ortiz. Yung Wei Yang. Shori Hamada. Akira Sone. Hisayoshi Harasawa. Yeldos Smetov. Naohisa Takato. Lasha Shavdatuashvili.

Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir. Aaron Wolf. Tamerlan Bashaev. Tato Grigalashvili. Hidayet Heydarov. Orkhan Safarov. Reka Pupp. Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov. Momo Tamaoki. Lucy Renshall. Vedat Albayrak. Kosuke Mashiyama. The final between the Tokyo Grand Slam winner and world No. Top-seeded Japan defeated Brazil to become the first-ever recipient of the mixed team gold medal at the world judo championships Sunday, the final day of action.

All 11 Japanese judoka who were entered for the event, featuring three men and three women, won their Aaron Wolf won the men's kg division at judo's world championships on Saturday, while compatriot Sara Asahina settled for silver in the women's overkg class. As two Japanese judoka were eliminated in the second and third rounds of the men's overkg category, the country ended As always, the Japanese team was a fierce group to compete against however, this time, it was even more impressive considering that Japan did not send out their best Judoka for each category.

France reserved their best Judokas but sent their title holder Clarisse Agbegnenou, who received an incredible 5th world title, while Madeleine Malonga unfortunately lost during the final round against a fellow Mizuno athlete, Anna Maria Wagner from Germany. At the end of the competition, 8 countries stood and represented Mizuno on the podium, we are proud and honored by their trust in our brand and our products!

On Sunday, the Judo World Championships for Teams had come to an end and for the 3rd consecutive time, we were able to witness Japan and France compete against each other for the top of the podium. Despite the close call, Japan was able to stand tall with Brazil and Uzbekistan by their side to complete the podium.