European Gold Surge Highlights Dakar 2026 Judo Day Two

Jolina Reinhold of Germany and Maks Cebulj of Slovenia captured gold medals on the second day of Judo at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games. Kazakhstan’s Fatima Supygaliyeva completed the set of champions, taking the women’s −52 kg title.

Reinhold stood on top of the women’s −63 kg podium after finishing ahead of Khushbu Rajakbhai Darjada of India. Sashenka Fatimah of Indonesia and Aaisha Kyialbekova of Kyrgyzstan secured the two bronze medals in the category.

Reinhold’s victory gave Germany one of Europe’s two gold medals on day two. The final standings also included Dounia Berrahoual of Algeria and Ranim Ben Sliman of Tunisia in fifth place, while Yuju Kwak of Korea and Abir Bouazzaoui of Morocco finished seventh.

Jolina Reinhold gave Germany a gold-medal moment in the women’s −63 kg category.

Cebulj won Youth Olympic gold for Slovenia in the men’s −81 kg event. The Slovenian judoka took gold ahead of Sobhan Hakimi of Iran, while Aly Elramly of Egypt and Ivan Nikolchev of Bulgaria claimed bronze.

Vladimiros Charalampous of Cyprus and Shaku Kargbo of Sierra Leone shared fifth place in the −81 kg division. Vazha Gengashvili of Georgia and Hamdan Almaazmi of the United Arab Emirates were listed seventh.

In the women’s −52 kg category, Supygaliyeva finished first, with Sofia Gaspar of Portugal earning silver. Alexandra Chiron of Moldova and Vivien Vadovicova of Slovakia completed the podium with bronze medals.

The second day in Dakar therefore produced three new champions across the −52 kg, −63 kg and −81 kg categories. Reinhold and Cebulj ensured that Europe featured strongly among the day’s gold medallists, while athletes from a wide range of nations reached the final placings.

Source: IJF.org

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