Judo: Frenchwoman Clarisse Agbegnenou world champion for the 5th time - France 24

Budapest (AFP)

Frenchwoman Clarisse Agbegnenou won her fifth world title on Wednesday, the fourth in a row, beating Slovenian Andreja Leski by ippon in the final of the Budapest World Championships in the -63 kg category.

Agbegnenou will be in contention this summer at the Olympic Games in Tokyo where she will aim for the gold medal which is missing from her immense track record.

Now five-time world champion and five-time European champion, the Frenchwoman failed in the final of the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Already crowned at the 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Worlds, Agbegnenou (28) is no longer very far from the three most successful judokates in the history of the world championships: the Japanese Ryoko Tani, the Chinese Wen Tong ( seven titles each) and the Belgian Ingrid Berghmans (six).

With this victory, it also offers the French team its first medal at these world championships.

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