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Daria Bilodid, the Right Balance

We are used to seeing her on the tatami and especially we are used to admiring her fighting spirit and ...

Baku GS 25
-81 kg: Tckaev Scores for Azerbaijan

The first rounds were perfectly in line with the world rankings, with each of the leaders of their quarter ...

Baku GS 25
-70 kg: Ozbas Wins a First Grand Slam Gold in Her New Category

With her world number three ranking and her Olympic silver medal in Paris last summer, Miriam Butkereit ...

Baku GS 25
-73 kg: Ishihara Earns One More Gold for Japan

Tatsuki Ishihara's (JPN) day was not easy and he had to dig deep to make his way through the elimination ...

Baku GS 25
-63 kg: Klimkait Makes a Successful Entrance

Obviously, we were going to be interested in the reigning world champion, Joanne Van Lieshout (NED), ...

Baku GS 25
Baku Grand Slam Celebrates Sport and Youth

The second day of competition, on the occasion of the Baku Grand Slam, saw the opening ceremony held ...

Interview
Kotsoiev Is Getting Ready for his Next Dreams

Zelym Kotsoiev exudes an impressive, quiet strength.

Baku GS 25
-57 kg: Tamaoki Brings the Fifth Gold Medal to Team Japan

The last final of the day saw Japan once again prevail thanks to the talent of its athletes, who have ...

Baku GS 25
-66 kg: Takeoka Takes the Lead

Similar to what happened in the -60 kg category, today's -66 kg final saw the two Japanese judoka, Takeshi ...

Baku GS 25
-52 kg: Uta Abe Is Back

Number one seed Mascha Ballhaus could have high hopes of reaching the final of a grand slam for the third ...

Baku GS 25
Baku Grand Slam, the Passion for Judo

For three days, the cream of world judo is gathered together in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, for ...

Baku GS 25
-60 kg: Nagayama Wins his 12th Grand Slam Gold Medal

There was a great risk that the Japanese judoka would dominate the category and this was actually the ...