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The Man Who Opened the Way

On 23rd October 1975, in Vienna, a young French judoka stepped onto the tatami to challenge history and ...

Athlete Stories
Alice! World and Olympic Champion!

At the Paris Olympic Games last summer, Alice Bellandi (ITA) became Olympic champion, an extraordinary ...

Athlete Stories
Shiho Tanaka - "The Most Important Thing is to Love It"

Twenty-seven year old Shiho Tanaka (JPN) just missed out on a medal at the 2022 Tashkent World Championships, ...

Athlete Stories
Eteri Liparteliani: the Pioneer

Since 1992, when Georgia first appeared at global sporting events, Eteri Liparteliani is now the first ...

Athlete Stories
A New Generation of Role Models

Twenty-one year old Timur Arbuzov and twenty-three year old Matvey Kanikovskiy are fast becoming the ...

Athlete Stories
Joan-Benjamin Gaba - "Mentali-TÉ"

At the Olympic Games in Paris, a 23-year old Frenchman blew the roof off the Champs du Mars when he won ...

Athlete Stories
Susy Scutto - Beating Giants

Seven world medals, seven! Thats the number assigned to Italy’s 23-year-old Assunta Scutto.

OTP WJC 2025
So Many Champions Have Arrived in Budapest!

The world championships is like litmus paper, in every sport, telling us the full truth, showing us who ...

Junior Worlds
Melkia Auchecorne (FRA), a Double World Champion

In Odivelas, at the junior worlds of 2023, we met a new junior world champion, a young French woman with ...

Athlete Stories
Goki Tajima, 90 kg of Golden Judo

Goki Tajima, Japan’s entry at -90 kg, was magnificent to watch on both his individual competition day ...

Athlete Stories
Margaux Pinot: I'm At Peace

In 2021 Margux Pinot, already a European champion, Paris Grand Slam medallist and world bronze medallist, ...

Athlete Stories
Christa Deguchi OLY

This is a story more than 7 years in the making. It has been followed closely by the world’s sports ...