France’s Teddy Riner earned a record-extending 11th world title in judo in his first world championships appearance since 2017.
Riner, 34, beat Russian Inal Tasoev in the men’s heavyweight final in Doha. It marked Riner’s return to the top of a global championship podium.
Since his last world title in 2017, he skipped worlds in 2018 and 2019 to rest up for the Tokyo Games. He then took bronze at the Olympics in 2021, snapping a streak of nine consecutive Olympic or world heavyweight titles (when he competed) dating to 2009.
He also won two world titles in separate open competitions without weight categories, plus took gold in Tokyo in the Olympic debut of a mixed-gender team event.
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