Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind President Ángel Luis Gómez and his Royal Spanish Federation of Judo and Associated Sports counterpart Juan Carlos Barcos signed the collaboration agreement at the headquarter of the country's High Council of Sports (CSD).

Both expressed hope that the agreement will promote the inclusion of athletes with disabilities in Spanish judo.

Deputy director of the CSD's General Directorate of Sports Conchi Bellorín, a former judoka for Spain, was also present.

The agreement mainly focuses on the form of judo used at the Paralympics for visually impaired athletes, governed by the International Blind Sports Federation.

It includes plans for blind or visually impaired athletes to be able to compete at the Spanish Judo Championships, while coaches, doctors and other technical staff from both National Federations are due to pool together when they have athletes competing at the same event.

Athletes from both awarded scholarships by the CSD are also set to be integrated into the same working group, aided by the cooperation of technical officials from both bodies.

The creation of a network of inclusive judo centres across Spain falls under the agreement's aims.

Spain has a strong record in judo at the Paralympics, winning 20 medals since the sport's debut at Seoul 1988, including a silver through Sérgio Ibáñez in the men's under-66 kilograms division at Tokyo 2020.