Japan filled the top two places at -90 kg and Spain took a first senior world title at -70 kg on day five of the 2026 Baku World Championships, held on 8 October.
Men's -90 kg: Murao keeps the red back patch
Sanshiro Murao beat compatriot Goki Tajima in the final, opening the score with a waza-ari and then finishing with a ko-soto-gari for ippon after 3 minutes and 7 seconds. The win keeps the world title and the red back patch with Murao for a second year.
Tajima took silver, giving Japan first and second place in the category.
Women's -70 kg: Tsunoda Roustant completes the set
Ai Tsunoda Roustant of Spain won her first senior world title by beating Austria's Michaela Polleres. The contest lasted 7 minutes and 21 seconds in total, and the decisive moment came 3 minutes and 21 seconds into golden score, when the last penalty went against Polleres.
Tsunoda Roustant had already been world champion as a cadet and twice as a junior, and now holds the senior title as well.
Polleres' silver is Austria's first world championship final since Ludwig Paischer won silver in Cairo in 2005.
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The individual championships run through 10 October, with the mixed team event on 11 October.
