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Antalya GS 2023
-48kg: Pont Keeps Dreaming

At 24 Blandine Pont feels good in her head and good in her body and it is visible.

Gender Equality
Where There’s a Will, There’s a New Way

On Wednesday 29th March the IJF Gender Equality Commission organised its second round table on gender ...

Antalya GS 2023
Four Things to Look Out For in Antalya

The 2023 Antalya Grand Slam: 600 athletes, 83 countries!

Antalya GS 2023
A Special and Emotional Grand Slam in Antalya

The draw for a World Judo Tour event is always a highly anticipated moment, one that sets the tone for ...

Antalya GS 2023
The Final Pre-Event Meeting

Sitting round a coffee table in the hotel foyer, is an increasingly large group of the IJF team who will ...

Judo for the world
In the Name of Jita-Kyoei

While the best judoka on the planet competed in the Tbilisi Grand Slam 2023, another major event for ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
Georgia Celebrates a Job Well Done

At the beginning of day 3 only Serbia, Mongolia or perhaps Germany or Uzbekistan looked capable of topping ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
+100kg: Zaalishvili Loves to Throw and Throw He Did!

In the heaviest category of the competition, the top half of the draw respected the world’s ranking ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
+78kg: Hershko Illustrates Her World Number Two Position With a Gold Medal

Oh things haven't been easy for Raz Hershko! Seeded number one, she nevertheless started the tournament ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
-100kg: This Sulamanidze Is Someone to Remember

In the second men's category of the day there was already a second chance for a gold medal for the host ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
Technical Analysis, Day 3: Ethics and Transition

The world's first ever non-Japanese Shidoin, for the benefit of all the judo family, continues to work ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
-78kg: Wagner Had a Plan, a Plan to Win!

When we observe the World Judo Tour journey of Alice Bellandi (ITA) in recent months, we can only be ...