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OTP WJC 2025
Day 5 - Preliminaries, -90 kg

Sanshiro Murao (JPN), last year’s Olympic silver medallist and a world bronze medallist in 2023, is ...

Athlete Stories
Joan-Benjamin Gaba - "Mentali-TÉ"

At the Olympic Games in Paris, a 23-year old Frenchman blew the roof off the Champs du Mars when he won ...

Gender Equality
Together We are Building a Better Future

The World Championships offer a multitude of opportunities to meet and mingle to discuss judo, of course. ...

OTP WJC 2025
Kaju and Arbuzov are Crowned on Day 4

Day 4 has been a huge day of powerful judo, marking the halfway point of the individual competition at ...

OTP WJC 2025
-81 kg: Timur Throws Tato for the Title

On day 4 in Budapest, the end of which marks the halfway point at this edition of the world championships, ...

OTP WJC 2025
-63 kg: Kaju Extends Her Record

The 4th day of the OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary was as exciting as the previous 3 and the ...

OTP WJC 2025
Day 4 - Preliminaries, -81 kg

There were mixed fortunes for the top 8 seeds of the day-4 men’s category.

OTP WJC 2025
Day 4 - Preliminaries, -63 kg

At one point the -63 kg category looked like it might be a closed shop, dominated by Silva and Silva ...

OTP WJC 2025
The IJF Athletes' Commission is Looking for New Voices

World medallist, Olympian and 4-time European champion Kim Polling, originally from the Netherlands but ...

Coach Stories
Quino Ruiz - a Father Figure

In many countries around the world, Sunday 15th June was Fathers Day, a day for celebrating the father ...

OTP WJC 2025
An Historic Day in Budapest

As the third day of competition came to a close, there was a collective sigh as everyone sat back to ...

OTP WJC 2025
A Story of Transmission

Milvia Mendoza is today's president of the Panama Judo Federation.