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Several countries have received a significant boost from their success at the Olympic Games in Paris. Azerbaijan, for instance, secured two gold medals thanks to Hidayat Heydarov and Zelym Kotsoiev. Judo in Azerbaijan had already been at a top level across all age categories due to years of good policies and investments. Talent is well-utilized, though it's clear that the lower levels of the pyramid don't always reach the top. However, the top of the pyramid is now setting the tone in several relatively new judo countries.

Seven candidates contesting for the seat of the IOC president in the March 2025 elections are a lot. What does this mean? That there is a lot of uncertainty and confusion because until the last moment it was not known whether Bach would play his trump card to remain in command by modifying the Olympic Charter? Or is it normal that after the German president's 12-year uninterrupted reign, a global desire for change could have taken over, perhaps a little irrational, but understandable? It is difficult to say. Over the last thirty years, the new president has always been the heir of the previous one, but this time everything has changed.