Marius L.

Marius L. VIZER IJF President Mr. Lance NADING President of USA Mr. Jose H. RODRIGUEZ CEO of USA Judo The best young judoka in the world are making their way to Miami, USA, for their most important event of the year, the Junior World Championships, Miami 2014. The event is our second and final World Championships of 2014 and represents the penultimate challenge for our most promising judoka before stepping up to the senior stage. The last Junior World Championships were held in 2013 in Ljubianja, Slovenia, and we saw numerous judoka move up to perform well at the senior Worlds in Russia. We are expecting a very high level entry and I am sure the event will once again prove to be one of the highlights of the World Judo Tour. Our hosts, USA Judo, successfully hosted their first Grand Prix last year in Miami as well as the Cadet World Championships. We must thank them for their desire to develop judo across the country and congratulate them for their tremendous delivery of high-profile events. On behalf of the IJF and myself, I wish good luck to all of the countries and athletes. I wish them to show what is best in judo, in the respect of the rules and the traditions of our sport. Dear Presidents, Greetings to all from the United States of American and the USA Judo family ! We are honored that the International Judo Federation, under the leadership of Mr.