The International Judo Federation (IJF) has apologized for a refereeing error committed in favor of Teddy Riner. The action in question came in the golden score, the extra time after the four minutes of regulation fight, where the first who scores wins.
If it had been taken into account, it would have offered world gold to Inal Tasoev. The Frenchman, 34, was crowned in Qatar for the eleventh time world champion (9 in +100 kg, 2 in all categories), six years after his last two titles.