The 2007

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are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called ''Arena Multiuso'', that was built for the

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, in

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, Brazil from September 13 to September 16, 2007. The competition gathered the sport's top athletes in Rio de Janeiro, with only a few exceptions, due to injuries. Among the high-profile injured judokas that were unable to participate were Brazil's

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, bronze medallist in the -81 kg category at the

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, who tore a

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in his right elbow during the

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(during the event, Canto participated as a commentator for the Brazilian paid sports channel,

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); and Japan's

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, the three-time Olympic champion and heavy favorite in the -60 kg category was forced to withdraw only a few weeks before the event due to injury (his replacement was able to place 7th in the competition). In the leadup to the event, Rio de Janeiro also hosted the IJF's International Congress, congregating the heads of all the national confederations affiliated to the IJF. The meeting took place on September 12, eve of the first day of competition, and in it, some important decisions were made. The first was the election of the new IJF president.

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was elected by the attending representatives to replace Yung Sang Park, the current president. In addition, the Congress voted and approved unanimously, the extension of the IJF's president term from 2 years to 6 years. Another decision made in the meeting was the selection of the city that would host the 2011 World Championship. The contenders were the cities of Paris, France and

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, Germany, and the French capital was selected as the host city for the 2011 event. Finally, the Congress also voted on the new presidency of the

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, with Russia's Sergei Soloveychik being elected president and Jean-Luc Rougé and Vladimír Bárta being elected as first vice president and vice president respectively. Newly appointed IJF president, Marius Vizer, was made honorary president of the European Judo Federation as well. After the conclusion of competition in the last day of the event, the IJF members voted on the best athletes of the World Championship. In the men's side, Brazil's

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, who won in the -81 kg category by defeating all opponents by

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(the perfect score, which ends the match automatically), was selected; and in the women's side,

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's Kye Sun-hui, who won in the -57 kg category, was chosen as best female athlete in the competition. Both athletes were presented with an

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-shaped, acrylic trophy for the achievement.

Medal overview

Men

Women

Medal table

Results overview

Men

60 kg

16 September – Final

66 kg

15 September – Final

73 kg

15 September – Final

81 kg

14 September – Final

90 kg

14 September – Final

100 kg

13 September – Final

+100 kg

13 September – Final

Open class

16 September – Final

Women

48 kg

16 September – Final

52 kg

15 September – Final

57 kg

15 September – Final

63 kg

14 September – Final

70 kg

14 September – Final

78 kg

13 September – Final

+78 kg

13 September – Final

Open class

16 September – Final

External links

Official site
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