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Statement from the International Judo Federation (IJF) - 30/07/2024 (1)

Sajjad Sehen, representing the Republic of Iraq with a wild card in the -81kg category, was tested out-of-competition ...

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Twenty Years Later

Twenty years ago exactly, Frederique Jossinet won France’s only judo medal at the 2004 Athens Games. ...

Athlete Stories
Yeldos Smetov, Olympic Champion

Yeldos Smetov first came to the World Judo Tour, competing in the Warsaw World Cup, as it was then, at ...

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Deguchi and Heydarov Are the Brightest Stars of the Day

Each day of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has wonderful surprises and wonderful stories in store for us. ...

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-57 kg: Deguchi's Wait is Over

She did it! Christa Deguchi can finally add an Olympic gold to her two world championship golds.

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Heydarov Turns Everything Upside Down

How can you ask for more intensity? How can you ask for more commitment than that of the two finalists ...

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Everything is Going So Fast

She is smiling, happy to be here, enthusiastic. Marie-José Pérec, triple Olympic champion in athletics ...

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The Youngest Judo Fan

Karen Murakami is only 3 years old but is already an ardent judo fan having taken up the sport at the ...

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-57 kg: Preliminaries

This much-discussed category is stacked, piled high with world, Olympic and continental medallists.

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-73kg: Preliminaries

Even if we could find the recent world champion, Hidayat Heydarov (AZE), at the top of the draw, he still ...

Statement from the International Judo Federation (IJF)

On 28th July 2024 Messaoud Redouane Dris from Algeria was disqualified during the official weight control ...

Referee Stories
Lubomir Petr: To Enjoy it is the Point

To be an Olympic referee is something special, to do it 3 times is incredible! Lubomir Petr was a referee ...