🇨🇭 The inaugural École Mont-Olivet Lausanne Grand Slam 2026 was a special milestone for our international judo family in the Olympic Capital. 🥋

“This first edition showed the strength of judo both on and beyond the tatami, bringing our community together in a city with such a unique significance for the Olympic Movement.

It was a great pleasure to visit the Olympic House together with our judo Olympians and to be welcomed by IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper and IOC Sports Director Pierre Ducrey. Seeing our athletes add their names to the Olympians Wall was a proud moment and a reminder of judo’s strong place within the Olympic family.

I am also very pleased that during this historic first Grand Slam we signed the agreement for Lausanne to host the 2028 World Judo Championships. It reflects our confidence in Switzerland and our shared ambition to continue developing judo at the highest level.

I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the City of Lausanne, the Canton of Vaud, the Swiss Judo Federation and its President Sergei Aschwanden for their warm welcome, commitment and excellent cooperation, as well as to all our partners, officials and volunteers who contributed to the success of this first edition.

Thank you, Lausanne and Switzerland, for a memorable week. I look forward to continuing our strong cooperation and to the important moments ahead for judo in Switzerland.”

– Marius Vizer, IJF President

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