Overview

• Joan-Benjamin Gaba became the first French judoka to win world gold in the −73 kg category by scoring a waza-ari in Golden Score against Brazil’s Daniel Cargnin.
• The 24-year-old Gaba recorded five ippons en route to the final, eliminating top competitors including Hungary’s Daniel Szegedi and Switzerland’s Nils Stump.
• Sarah-Léonie Cysique secured her first world championship medal with a Golden Score waza-ari in the −57 kg bronze match against Uzbekistan’s Shukurjon Aminova.
• Martha Fawaz was eliminated in her opening bout after losing consciousness from an armbar by Aminova and was later reported to be in stable condition.
• These results follow Romain Valadier-Picard’s silver in the −60 kg division to bring France’s medal tally in Budapest to three.