The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced that they will be awarding the number one judoka in each of the 14 categories of the World Ranking List for starting the year at the very top of the sport.

IJF will reward these high class judoka with $10,000 US each.

The IJF have sent the $10,000 awards to the two top Mongolian judokas; the World Ranking List leader with a score of 1830 in the men`s 66 kg category, D.Tumurkhulug,  and top scorer in the men`s 73 kg S.Nyam-Ochir.

These World Ranking List Leaders were given the awards by the President of the Mongolian Judo Association (MGL) M.Bukhbat.