Inside News
Mongolia’s Grand Prix maestro Urantsetseg Munkhbat wins sixth gold
World number three Munkhbat Urantsetseg of Mongolia was back amongst the medals in Abu Dhabi after finishing fifth at the World Championships in September. The former world champion won her first gold medal in 12 months by pinning down Budapest Grand Prix bronze medallist Distria Krasniqi (KOS) for 20 seconds after initiating a sankaku turnover and was unrelenting in her committed finish to win the first final in the U.A.E. Read more
World Champion Saeid Mollaei will fight at World Judo Day
At the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam World champion Saeid Mollaei will wear his red backpatch for first time and will start his competition in the second round against Jack Hatton (USA) on Sunday. In a field of 36 athletes fighting U81kg Mollaei is also in the pool with Tamazi Kirakozashvili (GEO) but should normally survive his pool. Read more
Kosovo excited to have three finalists in Abu Dhabi
Kosovo is represented in all of the first three lightweight finals at the Abu Grand Slam. Distria Krasniqi has chosen to fight in the U48kg category and has had to adjust accordingly but has already achieved good results, able to defeat Olympic Champion Paula Pareto in the semifinal after a hansokumake for Pareto. Read more
Majlinda Kelmendi set to return at Abu Dhabi blockbuster
The fourth Grand Slam of the season in Abu Dhabi will see the return of Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo. 348 judoka from 62 nations in action over the next three days including Olympic champions Lukas Krpalek (CZE), Paula Pareto (ARG) and Majlinda Kelmendi (KOS). Read more
Olympian Arthur Schabel passes away after silver at Veteran World Championships
Germany mourns the death of judoka Arthur Schnabel. Los Angeles 1984 Olympic bronze medalist surprisingly died in Mexico on Monday. A corresponding message confirmed the first Mannheim judo club, where Schnabel was honorary member. The 71-year-old was in Cancun at the Veteran Judo World Championships, where he finished with a second place. Read more
Antwerp's Train Station changed into temporary Dojo
The commuters who jumped off or on the train in Antwerp Central Station on Tuesday, October 23, were pretty surprised when they entered the entrance hall of the most beautiful railway cathedral in the world, as a promotion for the upcoming Belgian Judo Championships for Seniors, which will take place on Saturday 3 November in Antwerp. Read more
World Championships 2023 and IJF Masters 2020 to Qatar
Qatar will organise the 2023 World Championships for individual athletes and for teams. Host city Doha will also organise the 2020 IJF Masters. Both events are agreed and signed with the International Judo Federation and the Qatar Taekwondo, JUDO & Karate Federation. Read more
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- 21 Oct 2018Gela Zaalishvili take charge of men’s heavyweight judo
- 21 Oct 2018Kiyotaka Sekine shows his fighting spirit to take gold
- 21 Oct 2018Hikaru Kodama defeats Beatriz Souza for Japan’s seventh gold medal
- 21 Oct 2018More joy for Japan as Rinoko Wada wins in the Bahamas
- 20 Oct 2018Richard Vergnes shows France in the right direction in Malaga
- 20 Oct 2018Sensational Christian Parlati lifts Italy to second in the medal table
- 20 Oct 2018Alice Bellandi strikes as Italy’s gold rush illuminates day three
- 20 Oct 2018Dutch ace Sanne Vermeer victorious after 2017 silver
- 20 Oct 2018Unbeatable Lasha Bekauri captures gold for Georgia
- 20 Oct 2018Special day for Italian juniors as they claim two world titles
- 19 Oct 2018Turkey’s Ciloglu breaks Japanese resistance to go one better than 2017 silver
Judo birthday
Miriam Schneider (GER)
22 years