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Brenda Olaya first ever junior world champion for Colombia
On day 4 of the Dushanbe World Championships Juniors 2024 the -78kg Colombia won the world title for women. In the final Brenda Olaya (COL) and Mathilda Sophie Niemeyer (GER) offered a demonstration of powerful and committed judo. In tachi-waza and in transition, both gave of their best, enthralling the spectators in the Kasri Tennis Arena. Cheers, applause and whistles rose as near-miss after near-miss draw them in. With 40 seconds to go, Niemeyer very nearly scored with a ura-nage but the landing was quite right and so they pushed on towards golden score.
