Cadet World Championships 2017, Santiago - DAY FIVE

By Mark Pickering on
14. Aug 2017

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Russia win first IJF Mixed Team World Title ahead of Budapest supershow

Russia won the first IJF Mixed Team World title on the final day of the Cadet World Championships 2017 in Santiago, Chile, as a global audience tuned in to take a first look at judo’s new addition to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games programme.

After four days of individual action, 18 nations contested the new format for judo’s long-running team competition which has a rich heritage and a world-class reputation.

Team judo has appeared at the world level from 1994 and the format and it’s stature has evolved and grown to become a key feature at the sport’s annual World Judo Championships.

Before the world’s top senior judokatake part in the Mixed Team Event for the first time at the 2017 Suzuki World Judo Championships they had an opportunity to watch their country’s fledgling judoka as cadet boys and girls linked up to represent their nation in Santiago with exactly three weeks until their heroes and senior counterparts have their turn in Budapest.

The first Cadet Mixed Team event featured eight judoka in a team (four boys and four girls) in the following weight categories: G -44kg, B -55kg, G -52kg, B -66kg, G -63kg, B -81kg, G +63 and B +81kg. The senior version will have six judoka in a team (three men and three women).

Russia recorded a famous win and a place in the history books in Santiago as they will go down as