The German judoka Anna-Maria Wagner was crowned the new world champion six weeks before the start of the Olympic Games and underlined her claim to a medal for the games.
On top: Anna-Maria Wagner defeats Madeleine Malonga in the final.
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The 25-year-old prevailed on Friday in Budapest in the World Cup final against the French world number one Madeleine Malonga and secured the second medal for the German Judo Association. It was the first world championship medal for the third in the world rankings from Ravensburg, which with the success probably also finally secured the Olympic ticket.
Wagner’s Olympic competitor in the weight class up to 78 kilograms, Luise Malzahn, lost to the Japanese Umeki Maki in the quarter-finals and also missed the bronze medal through the consolation round. In the men’s category, Karl-Richard Frey failed in the weight class up to 100 kilograms in his second fight against the Serbian Bojan Dosen.
Theresa Stoll won the first World Championship medal for the German Judo Association with bronze in the class up to 57 kilograms. The title fights in Budapest are the last dress rehearsal for the German judokas before Tokyo. The DJB wants to announce its final Olympic line-up on June 15.
