Bronze for Lidija Caković and Stefan Vukotić

The Montenegrin jiu-jitsu team, duo Lidija Caković and Stefan Vukotić, achieved remarkable success at the World Games in Chengdu, in the Chinese province of Sichuan. At the competition, which represents the Olympics of non-Olympic sports, the members of the Budva Jiu-jitsu Club won a bronze medal in the duo show open discipline, thus once again confirming that they belong to the world's top in this sport, since they also won a bronze medal at the previous World Games in the American city of Birmingham, but in the team competition, together with the Dutch national team.

In an extremely strong competition with the best teams from Greece, Austria, Thailand, Italy, Romania, Canada and Cambodia, our tandem Caković - Vukotić showed superb technical preparation, synchronization and sportsmanship, and were only one point away from the silver medal. This success not only confirms the individual quality of our competitors, but also the strength of the Montenegrin jiu-jitsu school, which has recorded notable results on the international scene in recent years.

The Montenegrin team in China was led by the President of the Jiu Jitsu Federation of Montenegro Miloš Ašanin, together with coach Ranko Vukotić, who did not hide their satisfaction with the great success, perhaps the greatest in Montenegrin sports so far this year.

"This is the best result this year in Montenegrin sports, and also one of the greatest successes of our Federation on the international scene. Lidija and Stefan have shown that top results are not achieved by chance, but as the fruit of many years of dedicated work, discipline and faith in what they do. Such results oblige, but also provide enormous motivation to all our athletes, especially the younger generations that are still coming up. We expect even greater support from Montenegrin institutions in order to raise jiu-jitsu sport to a higher level, provide better conditions for training and enable our competitors to continue to achieve such results and win medals at the largest world competitions," said the President of the Jiu-jitsu Federation of Montenegro, Miloš Ašanin.

This year's games in China are the largest in the history of the World Games, with a record 116 participants from 6.679 countries, with 11 athletes competing in 3.942 disciplines and 60 sports over 34 days. The World Games are held every four years, one year after the Olympic Games, organized by the International World Games Association and under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.