The Perfect Conclusion
That's it, the 2024 judo season is over. It ended in the most beautiful way in Japan, with the conclusion ...
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+100 kg: Nakano Takes the 13th Gold Medal
As a symbol of the impressive results of the Japanese squad at this grand slam, Team Japan qualified ...
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+78 kg: Arai Adds One More Gold
Two-time junior world champion (Guayaquil and Odivelas), already a winner in Tokyo in 2023, Mao Arai ...
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-100 kg: Kanikovski Tops the Medal Podium
The initial question of the day was clearly answered in the -100kg category, since there was no Japanese ...
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-78 kg: First Ever Gold Medal in a Grand Slam for Ikeda
With only one known international result, a first place at the Malaga Junior European Cup 2022, Kurena ...
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-90 kg: Murao Dominates the Category
Seeded number 1, world number 2, Olympic silver medallist this summer in Paris and a world medallist, ...
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-70 kg: Honda for Japan's 9th Gold Medal
In the -70 kg category, the logic of day 1 was respected; Utana Terada (JPN) and Mayu Honda (JPN) found ...
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-81 kg: Fujiwara Opens the Score
As the first category of the day prepared to step onto the tatami in the final block of the second day ...
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-73 kg: Tactical Victory for Tanaka
The -73 kg final was no exception to the rule of the day, as Ryuga Tanaka, bronze medallist at the beginning ...
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-63 kg: Haruka Kaju Concludes a Golden Day for Japan
So the answer to the question at the beginning of the day, namely what would happen regarding the Japanese ...
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Tokyo Grand Slam Features Passion and Enthusiasm
There was a great show on the tatami of the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium throughout the first day of ...
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-57 kg: Adachi Is the Strongest
With the -57 kg category, the question was starting to arise, could Japan make a clean sweep by winning ...
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-66 kg: Takeshi Takeoka Takes the Gold Medal
Despite them not being exactly the same judoka as the previous category, a few name changes put the same ...
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-52 kg: Gold Number Three Goes to Omori
Like the -48 kg category, the four Japanese judoka were on the bill for the semi-finals: Kisumi Omori, ...
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-60 kg: Nakamura More Active than Anyone Else in the Category
The first men's category of the day featured Japanese judoka as Taiki Nakamura, junior world champion ...
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-48 kg: First Double of the Day
It was to be expected, the Japanese judoka would be very difficult to manipulate in front of their home ...
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Tokyo Grand Slam 2024 to Conclude an Extraordinary Judo Season in Style
What a season that was! 2024 has been exciting and has offered us extraordinary moments of judo. The ...
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