Christa Deguchi OLY
This is a story more than 7 years in the making. It has been followed closely by the world’s sports ...
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Top Ranked Rewards
Finishing the year as world number one always means a lot. First of all it tells a story of perseverance ...
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Japan and the Others
With or without a pandemic, there are things that do not change. Now that the World Judo Tour has closed ...
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Lasha Shavdatuashvili: It’s a Question of Passion and Hard Work
Since Lasha Shavdatuashvili won the world title in Budapest a few weeks ago, we already had the chance ...
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Think Fast: Toth vs Gercsak
Would you be able to think faster than Krisztian Toth and Szabina Gercsak?
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Relive the 2021 World Judo Championships
Enjoy the highlights and top ippon moments of the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021 and relive the ...
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Snipers (3)
They are the snipers of sport. It is a job for patient people. They have to watch and wait for the moment ...
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Snipers (2)
They are the snipers of sport. It is a job for patient people. They have to watch and wait for the moment ...
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A Swedish Fairytale
Swedish fairy tales have been said to be straightforward and sincere, with those of good heart, quick ...
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Snipers
They are the snipers of sport. It is a job for patient people. They have to watch and wait for the moment ...
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Team Spirit
After a last intense day of judo, beautiful movements and determined battles, punctuated by twists and ...
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Former World Champions Unite the Whole Judo Community as New Champions are Crowned
Throughout this World Judo Championships Hungary 2021, we have been treated to a constant commentary ...
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Flag Passing Ceremony - 2022 Worlds in Uzbekistan
Just before the final block of the last day of competition of the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021, ...
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Nature Abhors Emptiness
Mathematics is not deceiving. Seven days of competition, 661 athletes, 14 categories, 118 countries, ...
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Connected Champions
After more than a week of intense competition, the lights will soon go out in the Laszlo Papp Budapest ...
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Justice on the Tatami
These are the ones without whom it is impossible to imagine judo. These are the ones without whom no ...
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Technique First
Imagine being born into a judo family and spending your whole childhood on the tatami, then continuing ...
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Clash of the Titans
It is well known that, as the days go by, more noise is produced on the tatami, louder as we close in ...
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Prestigious event - distinguished guests
The World Judo Championships Hungary 2021 is a prestigious international sporting event, which unites ...
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Interviews With the Champions - Day 6 #JudoWorlds
Interviews with the medallists and the champions of the sixth day of the World Judo Championships Hungary ...
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A Dance and a Tear of Joy
The end of the competition approaches. When an event starts, the end always seems so far away, but day ...
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Fury
It's 3:00p.m. in Budapest. It is a calm, silent moment. The venue is practically empty. The preliminary ...
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La Belle Aventure
Rémi Feuillet will long remember Thursday 10th June 2021; a day like any other for many, but very special ...
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Details Are Never Missed
Big tournaments are always thought out to the last detail and are organised expertly, with each one of ...
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Interviews With the Champions - Day 5 #JudoWorlds
Interviews with the medallists and the champions of the fifth day of the World Judo Championships Hungary ...
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Diversity Reigns
It’s been a really interesting day with some fantastic results for hard-workers, some big ippon throws ...
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The Debut and the Sequel
That's it, more than half the competition is over. Five days of competition, five days of intense and ...
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Born to Help
People struggle to buy a car, pay taxes, and feed the family. This is life, better or worse, like it ...
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Interviews With the Champions - Day 4 #JudoWorlds
Interviews with the medallists and the champions of the fourth day of the World Judo Championships Hungary ...
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Two Number Ones Stay Number One
When working at the World Judo Championships there is a unique sporting anomaly in that the venue is ...
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Royal Day in Hungary
The days go by and look the same, without being the same. They look alike from an organisational point ...
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It's All About Directions
Today we chose to analyse one spectacular picture from the match between Sami CHOUCHI (BEL) and Abdullah ...
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The Golden Trilogy
Let's get straight to the point, to observe Lasha Shavduatashvili's reaction: Do you know that, from ...
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Judo Eyes: Behind the Scenes
Enchanted by the beauty and energy of judo, we rarely pay attention to the cameras hovering over athletes ...
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Mr 8th Dan
In 1984 you had to be an athlete to have a future in Romania. In 1984 you had to be Ilie Nastase, Nadia ...
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Interviews With the Champions - Day 3 #JudoWorlds
Interviews with the medallists and the champions of the third day of the World Judo Championships Hungary ...
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Energy and Experience
It’s day 3 and we are into the light middle weights, renowned for their dynamism. Former world champion ...
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Greatness and Glory
This third day of competition has revealed many surprises, happy ones as well as complicated ones to ...
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Miki: Hungary’s Hero
9:12am Miklos Ungvari prepares to fight in the first round at the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021, ...
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Tick Tock
We already have the shortest contest of the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021, at least for now. ...
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Interviews With the Champions - Day 2 #JudoWorlds
Interviews with the medallists and the champions of the second day of the World Judo Championships Hungary ...
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Raising the Level
Day 2 of the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021 is over and what a day it has been! With an unusual ...
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Two by Two
With the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021 only two days in, we can already say that we have reached ...
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Florin Daniel Lascau and the Referees are Recognised in Budapest
On the second day of the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021, a special presentation to the referees ...
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An Almost Perfect Move
On the occasion of the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021, we are launching a new section that will ...
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Koga Genki
When you are 22 and the son of a true sporting legend, competing on the circuit in which your dad was ...
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Room for Everyone
Participating in the World Championships is the dream of millions of young judoka across the planet. ...
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I Have a Plan. So Do the Others
He seems surprised because, he claims, he is not used to interviews. He is young, 24 years old, but he ...
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Interviews With the Champions - Day 1 #JudoWorlds
Interviews with the medallists and the champions of the first day of the World Judo Championships Hungary ...
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A Perfect First Day
A World Championship is not a competition like any other, although the ingredients of the recipe are ...
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The End of the Road
Five years go a long way. It is a long period and when it comes to a fratricidal confrontation, even ...
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Sharp From the Outset
Day 1 of the World Judo Championships Hungary 2021 has concluded. Already, at this early point in the ...
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Hospitable Hungary: Here Dreams Come True
The best athletes from 5 continents will compete for the title of world champion, in Hungary. It is not ...
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A 90 Second Lesson
She assures us that she slept well, that she was a little nervous, but not enough to deprive her of sleep. ...
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Carrying Judo in Your Pocket
Right now you can follow your favourite athletes competing for titles at the World Judo Championships ...
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Urantsetseg Munkhbat: a Tiny Giant
We are seven weeks away from the opening of the Tokyo Olympic Games, just seven weeks! It has taken an ...
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Judoka Have the Floor Now
Judo is courtesy and delicacy. The words are not empty, they make sense. The draw before any competition ...
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IJF Welcome Dinner
On Friday 4th June an official welcome dinner was held at the Intercontinental in Budapest, prior to ...
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My Forecasts (2)
There are 665 hopefuls for glory, which means that the medals are expensive. 14 categories and an additional ...
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My Forecasts
There are 665 hopefuls for glory, which means that the medals are expensive. 14 categories and an additional ...
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A Hybrid Congress Offers New Levels of Inclusion
The 2021 IJF Congress, held on 2nd June at the Intercontinental in Budapest, was a real victory for all ...
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#JudoWorlds - Where to Watch?
The World Judo Championships Hungary 2021 are fast approaching. Here is the list of channels where to ...
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Judo Heroes Celebrate in the Heart of Budapest
In just ten days, from 6th June, the World Judo Championships of 2021 will begin in Hungary. The event ...
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Promo #JudoWorlds
Watch promo of the World Judo Championships Seniors Hungary 2021
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A Free Woman
She hasn't lost a single fight since December 2019. She hasn't fought much either, but when she does, ...
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The Audacity of Being Yourself
He looks like a Viking warrior, with longer hair and a full beard. He says he's so busy he doesn't have ...
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Five Things To See
A World Championship is the sum of many things. There are as many categories as there are possibilities ...
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The Last Frontier
If it were easy, everyone would do it. If it were easy, it wouldn’t have any merit, nor grace. Being ...
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The World Judo Tour Arrives on Eurosport!
Judo enthusiasts in France can rejoice. Eurosport is becoming the official broadcaster of the World Judo ...
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IJF Confirms 2021 WJT Events
The 2021 World Judo Tour calendar is like a gastronomic menu in a three-star restaurant.
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