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Abu Dhabi WC 2024
Four Things to Look Out for on Day 1 #JudoWorlds

There is no shortage of excitement on day one in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi WC 2024
Abu Dhabi Celebrates its 25-Year-Silver-Jubilee with the World Championships

We have been waiting for this moment for several months, since the United Arab Emirates took on the organisation ...

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (37): Marie-Claire Restoux (FRA)

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

Judo for Refugees
1 in 100 Million

At Rio 2016, the first Refugee Olympic Team created by the International Olympic Committee represented ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
Technical Analysis, Day 3: Building a Strategy Versus Collecting Points

IJF and EJU photographer Gabi Juan has been photographing judo since 2007 but has spent his life in judo, ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
It Was the Last Grand Slam, for the Moment

At the dawn of the third day of competition at the Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam 2024, it was still difficult ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
+100kg: Saito Takes Japan to the Top

At the start of the day, we could reasonably expect a final between Temur Rakhimov (TJK), world number ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
Kazakhstan Provides A Superior Spectacle

The Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam 2024, the final grand slam and the penultimate IJF World Judo Tour event ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
+78kg: Dicko Dismantles the Category

Dicko is an immovable force! The Frenchwoman arrived in Astana without any desire to play; a message ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
-90kg: Varapeyeu Amazes With First Grand Slam Gold

In the -90kg category at the Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam 2024, the seeded athletes were downed one after ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
-100 kg: Wolf, Just Wolf!

What a category! Nail-biting contests brought spectators to the edges of their seats over and over again. ...

Qasaqstan Barysy GS
-78 kg: Ma Throws Her Way to Gold

Let’s begin with the biggest surprise of the day, Vanessa Chala of Ecuador.