Luanda - The youth and junior national teams in both male and female categories will start on Thursday in Antananarivo City, Madagascar, the African Judo Championship, with the aim of winning the title.
The national team - made up of 26 judokas, 15 junior and 11 in youth category-were runners up in both categories in the last edition, held in Kenya.
Angola´s delegation in the competition is led by the president of the Angolan Federation of the sport, Gildo Santos.
Judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art and has become an Olympic sport since 1964. BSV/MC/net/MRA/jmc
