Inside News
Grand Prix Hohhot hopes to welcome Japanese top team
Perhaps we can see the Japanese team in full force at the Grand Prix in Hohhot this weekend where the team of the eventual Grand Slam Baku line-up is again selected. In Baku 20 of the 28 top Japanese cancelled but are again in the draft for this Grand Prix in China. Not yet they are in the banner of the IJF for this event, let's see. One thing is sure, World Champion Uta Abe will make her return in Hohhot. Read more
Junior European Cup Malaga not a big leap to Marrakech
The French juniors captured 16 medals at the Junior European Cup in Malaga this weekend, but the French weren’t the most efficient team as Russia took four gold medals, three in the men’s division. However speaking about efficiency, four Japanese women in Malaga took four medals, three gold of four finallists. Read more
Ten years history at the European Cup in Orenburg
As usual the Russian team dominated the European Cup in Orenburg. With ten gold medals and 32 medals in total. The Russians were followed by four other golden countries, Belarus, France, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan. In total there were 14 medal winning nations. The Russian even improved the nine gold medals of 2018. Read more
Countdown to the battle for World glory in 100 days
Hundred days for the Judo World Championships take place in Tokyo the top of the world elite is counting the days with the global judo fans to see judo coming back home where it started. Tokyo will give us the most reliable insight who is capable of taking the Olympic title in the same venue in 2020. Read more
Good practise for IBSA athletes at Grand Prix in Baku
Uzbekistan has the best Paralympic athletes in this moment. With four gold medals at the IBSA Grand Prix in Baku Uzbekistan had the most outstanding performance in Azerbaijan. Obviously just one event where foremost the men picked up three of the four titles. The host country claimed three gold medals and lost four. Read more
Azeri judoka take three gold at IBSA Grand Prix in Baku
At the IBSA Judo Grand Prix in Baku 212 athletes from 35 countries are competing for a medal and important points towards qualification for the next Paralympic Games. The first day brought all seven current Paralympic champions to the tatami. Read more
Being a Judo referee is not the most popular job
Balazs Gosztonyi of Hungary is one of the IJF referees of the dark force. The referees, the one you shouldn’t see, but who should lead the contest in the best way. Sometimes they have to make the hard decisions, rational or with help of the video footage, sometimes clear, sometimes hard to understand. Beautiful ippons or in a rare occasion when a phone drops out of the judogi. Read more
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- 12 May 2019Junior world champion Gela Zaalishvili steps up to glory
- 12 May 2019Yelyzaveta Kalanina wins Grand Slam in Baku
- 12 May 2019Dutchman Michael Korrel clinches Grand Slam hat-trick
- 12 May 2019Luise Malzahn beats the odds and Anna Maria Wagner
- 12 May 2019Former world champion Nemanja Majdov beats Azerbaijan’s Mehdiyev
- 11 May 2019Anri Egutidze World Fame for day
- 11 May 2019Sagi Muki lurks at the world title
- 11 May 2019Miku Tashiro beats Tina Trstenjak for the eighth time
- 11 May 2019Historic agreement reached by IJF and Iran
- 11 May 2019Hidayet Heydarov leads trio of Azeri on the podium
- 11 May 2019World champion Chizuru Arai grabs sixth Grand Slam title
- 10 May 2019Victorious Denis Vieru steals the show in Baku
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