Assunta Scutto

BAKU – A historic feat for Italian judo on the opening day of the 2026 World Championships at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. Assunta Scutto won the silver medal in the -48 kg category, setting an all-time record for Italian judo: her fifth consecutive world championship medal, a record never achieved by any Italian athlete in the history of the discipline. The 24-year-old Neapolitan judo champion, the defending world champion, was only stopped in the final by Japan's Wakana Koga, who took the title after a fiercely contested bout. The podium is…