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Junior Worlds
Mixed Teams - Preliminaries

The Dushanbe World Championships Juniors Mixed Teams has been highly anticipated.

Athlete Stories
Brenda and Yuri

Yuri Alvear, 3 times a world champion and double olympic medallist, is among the greatest athletes in ...

Junior Worlds 2024
Boltaboev's Fast Transition

Sharofiddin Boltaboev has been a consistent face in the Uzbek national team for a decade but at 28 something ...

Junior Worlds 2024
A Celebration of Judo

On the fourth and final day of the Dushanbe World Championships Juniors 2024 the heavyweights were in ...

Junior Worlds 2024
+100 kg: Denis Batchaev Holds for Gold

John Messe A Bessong of Canada has been a formidable force all season, getting stronger and stronger. ...

Junior Worlds 2024
+78 kg: Hyeonji Lee is the Junior World Champion

Celia Cancan (FRA) is twice a world medallist at cadets and is the current junior European champion.

Junior Worlds 2024
-78 kg: Olaya Follows in Alvear's Footsteps

On day 4 of the Dushanbe World Championships Juniors 2024 the -78 kg group leader was Shirinjon Yuldoshova ...

Junior Worlds 2024
-100 kg: Sodikov (UZB) Shocks All Challengers

Joes Schell (NED) had high hopes at the beginning of day 4 at the Kasri tennis Arena in Tajikistan.

Junior Worlds 2024
Dr Antonio Castro: Education and Wellbeing

Dr Antonio Castro of Cuba is a surgeon, a good one! He is an IJF Ambassador and has also been working ...

Athlete Stories
Noor Makes History for Pakistan

The junior world championships always attracts a diverse athlete population.

Junior Worlds
Melkia Auchecorne (FRA), a Double World Champion

In Odivelas, at the junior worlds of 2023, we met a new junior world champion, a young French woman with ...

Junior Worlds 2024
-90 kg: Kawabata Takes His Second World Gold

On day three of the 2024 Dushanbe World Championships Juniors, with Akita out early at -81 and Maeda ...