Assunta Scutto earned an opening day gold for hosts Italy at the International Judo Federation (IJF) World Junior Judo Championships, with athletes from Georgia, France and Russia also successful. Scutto triumphed over Russia's Irena Khubulova in the women's under-48 kilogram final, scoring an ippon inside one minute courtesy of an osae-komi-waza technique.

"I have so many emotions that it is hard to explain," said Scutto afterwards. "Today it was my day but I did not know that this morning. "I wanted to win because it is a world title and because I’m at home. "I was so nervous in the first round that it became my toughest contest. "The rest was just perfect."