Six-strong GB team selected for Cadet World Championships

A six-strong Great Britain team has been selected for the Cadet World Championships from Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 August in Kiev, Ukraine.

The eagerly-awaited event follows a busy summer circuit for the cadet’s who have recently been in action at the European Cadet Championships in June and the European Youth Olympics Festival (EYOF) in July.

A very successful campaign for Great Britain at the European Cadets Championships saw three judoka receive pre-selection for the Cadet World Championships.

Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown starred as she won all four fights to take Britain’s first gold medal at the event since 2005 while Lucy Renshall took silver and Hayley Willis secured bronze.

The EYOF saw three further judoka come to the fore and book their place in the team for Turkey as they met the performance criteria of a fifth-place finish or higher.

Sam Hall captured silver while Jodie Myers and Aiden Moffat both finished in fifth-place.

Team Leader Jamie Johnson said: “We enjoyed strong campaigns at the Cadet European Championships and European Youth Olympics Festival.

“The boys made progress at the EYOF and that was very positive. These players selected for the Cadet World Championships have earned the right to fight for Great Britain and they’ve been supported by their personal coaches and the national programme

“We have increased the intensity and become stricter with the programme, when we take the players away we know they’ll give us 100%. It’s a world event so know how strong it’ll be but we we’re not going to make up the numbers, we’ve very competitive and want to win medals.”

The Cadet World Championships will see a new ruling from the International Judo Federation come into effect as white judogi will be called first. This rule will be in place at all future events including this month’s World Championships in Paris.

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