Judo World Federation praises Erza after success at World Championship

The Judo World Federation has made a special text on Erza Mummovic's success at the World Junior Championship.

Our Judisti won the medal for U21 age groups in the tournament, held in Olbia, Italy a few days ago.

To her success, the World Judo Federation has written a letter about Erza's success:

The price of fame is that they see you with a magnifying glass. Fame is that of Kosovo, which has a pace that few can afford. The magnifying glass is now in Olbia, and specifically in Erza Mummovic. It was Juneors' first day, and the jungle had a status to protect because its colors are the colors of a country that is now scary.

She is 19 and has a style similar to her country's jungle: rocky and difficult to fight. “We're used to training hard, in very difficult sessions,” she says, “It's our distinguishing mark”.

The Kosovo women's team is a collection of champions, a anthem for work, a dedication to the sacrifice that always ends up bringing awards. Driton Kuka is the brain that operates, the one who designs and decides. He knows behind him there's a battalion of faithful hoplites that observe his banners and leave every last drop of sweat in Tatam. Erza belongs to that school, and like all the success stories, this has a beginning.

It all started with Majlinda Kelmendi. For six years, Kelmendi was the horror of Tatam. There was no way to defeat Kosovo's jungle, the true owner of the 52kg category. “Kelmendi conquered all possible titles and is referring to a small country with great pride. Thanks to it, the jungle streets pass through Kosovo.

Kelmendi's gold medal was the culmination of an extraordinary career, and it was a springboard for her friends like Distria Krasniqi and Nora Gjakova to support the sweet moment of a ruthless team five years later.

Erza is the generation of the future becoming the present. I already have four medals in the Junior category. They're important, they mean I'm doing good. In Kosovo, a medal means a back kick, unconditional support and return to work. It's like the team's unconformative, always hungry for something more. In reality, it's the relaxed rejection. There they have found that a degree is just one more phase and that work is constant until retirement”.

In Olbia, Erza did what she had to do - win a match. She lost in her semifinal against the Italian Carna, but since she came from where she came from, she did not abandon her determination. The sadness lasted five minutes, only the time needed to analyze the war, digest the loss and prepare to fight for the bronze because a world medal is very important, even if it is not the color I expected”.