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Upper Austria GP
-78kg: The World Champions Show Their Class

Two years ago Anna-Maria Wagner (GER) and Madeleine Malonga (FRA) met in the final of the world championships ...

Upper Austria GP
-90kg: A Fairly Played Final That Goes to Toth

It was a final of experienced judoka that we attended in the -90kg category.

Upper Austria GP
In Austria, We smile

If you already knew Linz for its famous Linzer Torte, considered to be the oldest cake in the world, ...

Upper Austria GP
Sport and Education: The Two Goals of German Judo

Thomas Schynol is the new German Judo Federation President and he was in Linz to witness the Upper Austria ...

Upper Austria GP
Pan-American Judoka Set to Climb

After two days of the Upper Austria Grand Prix we find that the 9 gold medals have been split between ...

The Olympic Champion Series
151 Olympic Champions, Tokyo to Tokyo

The words ‘Olympic champion’ are heard a lot, especially in the sports world, of course, but also ...

Upper Austria GP
Technical Analysis, Day 2: Tokui-Waza and Conditioning on Display

Armen Bagdasarov is one of the IJF’s 3 Head Referee Directors and as such he is positioned in front ...

Upper Austria GP
-81kg: Shamil Borchashvili Puts Austria on Top

We almost witnessed what happens very rarely in sport, namely, a final between two brothers, the Borchashvili ...

Upper Austria GP
Upper Austria Opens as Filzmoser Closes Her Impressive Career

Day two in Linz brought some fantastic judo and a diverse set of podia, including a medal for Mexico, ...

Upper Austria GP
-70kg: Maria Perez Scores all the Way Through

With the elimination of the number one seed, Giovanna Scoccimaro (GER), in the quarter-finals, by Maria ...

Upper Austria GP
-73kg: Experience Pays Off for Tohar Butbul

While all domestic eyes were on the Borchashvili brothers at -81kg and Krssakova at -63kg, the competition ...

Upper Austria GP
-63kg: Japan Dominates the Category

The day was complicated for all delegations except Japan, which managed to qualify their two athletes ...