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Ryuju Nagayama finally crowned as best lightweight in the world
A France–Japan final is always a possibility in the lightest men’s weight category when the world’s best are assembled, and in Budapest, with the top eight athletes present in full force at -60 kg, the expectation was high. Luke Mkheidze of France, an Olympic medallist and consistent performer, came in as one of the favourites—but it was not he who reached the final. Instead, it was his compatriot Cedric Revol Valadier-Picard who stole the spotlight with an electric run through the preliminaries, setting up a thrilling final against Japan’s Ryuju Nagayama.