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World Cadets: Day 1 Female

Aug 24, 2026

By Oon Yeoh

-40kg gold: Iroda Shirojiddinova (UZB) defeated Adiya Zanakhmet (KAZ) with an ouchi-gari for yuko.

-44kg gold: Regina Akhtiamova (RUS) worked hard to get a sankaku hold-down against Sema Nur Yuksel (TUR) and she finally got it after a long struggle.

-48kg gold: lla Bar Lev (ISR) also won her gold medal by applying a sankaku hold-down on Maelys Dapa in Golden Score.

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