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GP Portugal 2024
The 2024 Season Is Launched!

That's it, we can now say it, the 2024 season of the IJF World Judo Tour is launched! If the first contests ...

Athlete Stories
Shohei Ono: Reflecting on Retirement - Part One

Shohei Ono, with two Olympic golds and 3 world championship titles, stepped back from competition after ...

The Olympic Champions Series
The Olympic Champions (28): Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers thought-provoking words and ...

GP Portugal 2024
Three Things to Look Out For in Portugal

The first IJF World Judo Tour event of 2024 is only ten days away.

Deadlines for the Abu Dhabi World Championships Seniors 2024

In accordance with the IJF Sport and Organisation Rules (SOR) the qualification dates will be:

Paris 2024
200 Days to Go

Not long ago we were counting the years before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

2024 Season
Are You Ready?

Are you ready for an extraordinary year of judo? We are and we will support you throughout this season ...

The World Number Ones: Men

We are here, already! It's 2024, Olympic year; Paris is around the corner and the race for seedings is ...

Happy Birthday Judo Portugal

With the end of the year approaching, it's time to take stock of 2023.

World Championships 2024
The 2024 World Championships to be Hosted in Abu Dhabi

The International Judo Federation is pleased to announce that the 2024 edition of the World Judo Championships, ...

What a Year that Was!

After the second day of the Tokyo Grand Slam, the curtain fell on twelve months of competition on the ...

Tokyo GS
+100kg: Bashaev Activates Beast Mode

With 6 of the world’s top 10 athletes in the +100kg category present at the Tokyo Grand Slam 2023, ...