Inside News
World number one Amandine Buchard Nordmeyer still rules
French World number one Amandine Buchard Nordmeyer lived up to her ranking with victory in the U52kg category. The French star conquered Tashkent Grand Prix bronze medallist Ana Perez Box (ESP) to clinch her fifth Grand Prix gold medal and to extend her advantage at the top of the weight category. Read more
Sharafuddin Lutfillaev lauded after fourth Grand Prix win
Six-time Grand Slam medallist Sharafuddin Lutfillaev (UZB) defeated world number 38 Artem Lesiuk (UKR) to win Grand Prix gold on day one in Marrakech. First-time IJF finalist Lesiuk forced the contest into golden score and his Uzbek rival surged into action with a huge koshi-guruma for a waza-ari score to hand him his twelfth Grand Prix medal and fourth of the golden variety. Read more
Spanish success for Julia Figueroa in Marrakech
In Marrakech' first final, two-time Grand Slam winner Julia Figueroa (ESP) struck Grand Prix gold for the first time as she defeated former European Championships bronze medallist Monica Ungureanu (ROU) in the closing seconds with a waza-ari score. Read more
Laura Vargas Koch faces heavy competition in Olympic qualification
Germany’s sole judo medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympics, Vargas Koch, 28, has one medal on the IJF World Judo Tour since the greatest day of her career in Brazil. Former world silver medallist Vargas Koch won bronze at the Grand Prix of The Hague in 2017 but has failed to medal in her nine other IJF outings since South America’s first Olympic Games. Read more
Judo as educational tool for girls all over the world
The International Judo Federation is fully associated with the World Women's Day, held on March 8 and organized under the umbrella of the United Nations, to which the entire world sports movement is invited. Read more
Beslan Mudranov steps up to U66kg category
At the Grand Prix of Marrekech a few judo super stars are back on the mat. One of them is Beslan Mudranov. But he will have to give the utmost to gather enough points for qualification for the Olympic Games. Mudranov has been moved from the U60kg category to the U66kg category for Marrakech which will be his debut at the heavier weight. Qualifying is an almost impossible job, but with Olympic Champion Mudranov, nothing is impossible. Read more
Federation of Montenegro in trouble athletes still welcome
The Montenegro Judo Federation does not get any support anymore from either the government, nor the international federations. The IJF suspended the federation with immediate effect which was just a result of the sloppy internal affairs in Montenegro. The Judo Federation was the only federation that didn’t fulfil its duties to report to the government. Read more
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- 28 Feb 2019Alexandra Larisa Florian switches from Romania to Azerbaijan
- 28 Feb 2019Teddy Riner still not in action but no reason for stress
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- 27 Feb 2019Qualification system for the Olympic Games in Tokyo
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