25 reasons why you should follow World Championships in Chelyabinsk!

1.    Biggest World Championships so far, at least in regard to budget.

2.    It will be held in Chelyabinsk, the home town of Mansur Isaev, who doesn't compete.

3.    First World Championships that will count for Rio 2016.

4.    Kelmendi will have a chance to repeat her historical victory of last year.

5.    After a long time you will have chance to see Iliadis performing in adidas judogi.

6.    Shohei Ono is back, and the Japanese team is still improving each day.

7.    Organisers said that this will be the best World Championships that Judo has have seen.

8.    The perfect event for Vladimir Putin to show his face.

9.    The perfect event for athletes to stand up against or support Vladimir Putin.

10.    The chance for the USA to see Kayla Harrison regaining her title of 2010, two years in advance of the her golden Olympics.

11.    The first time for Holland to celebrate a World Champion since 2009 with Kim Polling as favourite.

12.    Again a great clash between Loic Pietri and Avtandil Tchrikishvili.

13.    The IJF has a new website called Judobase where you can watch individual fights on demand, shortly after the competition is over. Never has this been done before. There have been live streams which are later made available on demand. But not individual fights on demand almost immediately after the competition for each day is over.

14.    Putin loves judo so Russia will definitely put on a great show.

15.    Khaybulaev is making a comeback. It will be interesting to see if he can successfully add another world title to his list of achievements after nearly retiring.

16.    Korea sends team without Wang Ki Chun and Kim Jae Bum.

17.    Gamba has famously said his focus is on the Olympics. It'll be interesting to see how well (or not well) the Russians do at the World Championships given this fact.

18.    It's always interesting to see how well the home team does. Will Russia win many gold medals? Or will it strike out?

19.    With Riner being so dominant in the past few years, it'll be interesting to see if anyone can finally stand up to him.

20.    There's always a dark horse who wins the gold. The 2014 Chelyabinsk World Championships is bound to usher in a new star who was previously relatively unknown.

21.    Women's matches will be four minutes long. Will this mean they will fight more aggressively knowing their matches will not last as long as before? It's worth seeing the impact of such a rule change.

22.    The Japanese women's team fared poorly in the last world championships. Many assume this was due to a team demoralized by a very public, physical abuse scandal. Will this competition see a return to form for the Japanese women's team?

23.    First World Championships since Lucie Decosse retired, and Gevrise Emane is out of the French team.

24.    Russia will host the first "real" World Championships ever! In 2011 they were host of the World Open Championships in Tyumen.

25.    Georgia will participate with one woman. Esther Stam which is born Dutch.

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