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Young Polish judoka Łukasz Wala paralyzed after car crash
Polish youngster Łukasz Wala crashed at a car incident in Polish at 17 February. The 18-year old judoka damaged the spine and suffered a fracture of the open right leg. Currently, Łukasz is after spinal and right leg surgery and is paralyzed from the waist down. Read more
No heavyweight gold as both Japanese finalists disqualified
Olympic silver medallist Harasawa Hisayoshi and two-time Grand Slam winner Ojitani Takeshi both from Japan were not expected to produce one of best contests of the competition when they were paired together but what materialised was an attack-shy final which culminated with a first double disqualification on this stage. Read more
Fifth Grand Slam title for world champion Sarah Asahina
Asahina Sarah of Japan has now won six of her last seven events but the Japanese starlet did it the hard way in Germany as she only produced one score in her four contests. Openweight world champion Asahina, 21, of Tokai University, began her season with gold in front of her parents with persistence being the order of the day. Read more
Mikhail Igolnikov explodes at Grand Slam Düsseldorf
At the third day of the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf Mikhail Igolnikov was the sensation of the day. For the first time in his career he won a World Tour event. Not just that, but he defeated Olympic Champion Mashu Baker in the final U90kg. Also Mashu Baker was an outperformer today with excellent judo. Read more
Ruika Sato finds a way past world champion Aguiar
Ruika Sato of Japan won her fourth Grand Slam title with a key win over world champion Mayra Aguiar of Brazil who had to open her season with a silver medal. Sato employed her usual combative style which put her Brazilian rival under pressure from the opening seconds which appeared to unsettle the owner of the red backpatch in the U78kg category. Read more
Georgia’s captain Varlam Liparteliani takes over the U100kg lead
Varlam Liparteliani of Georgia took control of the U100kg category just 12 months after stepping up from U100kg with five ippons from his five contests. Liparteliani, 29, clinched his first Grand Slam title since the jump as he defeated Tunis Grand Prix winner and world number 14 Ben Fletcher (IRL) in the final. Read more
Mikhail Igolnikov upstages returning Olympic champion for gold
Russian super talent Mikhail Igolnikov defeated Olympic champion Baker Mashu (JPN) to win his maiden Grand Slam crown. The 21-year-old Russian European U23 Champion, who was appearing in the final block at one of the IJF’s six majors for the first time, was the aggressor and threw the returning Baker with a nidan-kosoto-gari for ippon. Read more
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- 24 Feb 2018Yoko Ono again wins Grand Slam U70kg
- 24 Feb 2018Shohei Ono steals the show at second day in Düsseldorf
- 24 Feb 2018Andreja Leski surprises with gold at Grand Slam Düsseldorf
- 23 Feb 2018Nekoda Smythe-Davis continues to prosper in 2018
- 23 Feb 2018World champion Ai Shishime shows her class with 100% ippon record
- 23 Feb 2018Daria Bilodid closer to world leading position after gold in Düsseldorf
- 23 Feb 2018Japanese newcomer Kenzo Tagawa tastes his first IJF gold
- 23 Feb 2018Ryuju Nagayama takes pole position U60kg as World Ranking Leader
- 23 Feb 2018First gold World Tour gold for Nekoda Smythe Davis
- 22 Feb 2018Düsseldorf gearing up for first Grand Slam in new venue
- 21 Feb 2018Soichi Hashimoto heavily penalised for at least 6 months
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