Kaju and Arbuzov are Crowned on Day 4
Day 4 has been a huge day of powerful judo, marking the halfway point of the individual competition at ...
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-81 kg: -81 kg: Timur Throws Tato for the Title
On day 4 in Budapest, the end of which marks the halfway point at this edition of the world championships, ...
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-63 kg: Kaju Extends Her Record
The 4th day of the OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary was as exciting as the previous 3 and the ...
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Day 4 - Preliminaries, -81 kg
There were mixed fortunes for the top 8 seeds of the day-4 men’s category. Pool A was very strange ...
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Day 4 - Preliminaries, -63 kg
At one point the -63 kg category looked like it might be a closed shop, dominated by Silva and Silva ...
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An Historic Day in Budapest
As the third day of competition came to a close, there was a collective sigh as everyone sat back to ...
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A Story of Transmission
Milvia Mendoza is today's president of the Panama Judo Federation. Accompanied by Estela Riley, the former ...
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-73 kg: Gaba Wins France’s 60th World Title
The final of the men’s -73 kg category on day 3 of the OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary was ...
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-57 kg: Liparteliani Makes History for Georgia
The -57 kg category opened the final block of the third day at the Papp László Arena. The 4 medals ...
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Day 3 - Preliminaries, -57 kg
There has been no shortage of shocks in any category so far in Budapest. On day 3 in the Hungarian capital, ...
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Day 3 - Preliminaries, -73 kg
What a day at the 2025 OTP Bank World Championships Hungary! What a day! -73 kg Olympic champion Hidayat ...
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Susy Scutto - Beating Giants
Seven world medals, seven! Thats the number assigned to Italy’s 23-year-old Assunta Scutto. She was ...
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How a Champion Behaves
Almost all of the top ranked judoka in the world have travelled to Budapest for the OTP Bank World Judo ...
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Judo Delivers a Message of Friendship, Unity and Peace
The opening ceremony of the OTP Bank World Judo Championships 2025 took place today in the Papp Laszlo ...
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-52 kg: Uta Abe Smiles for Her Fifth World Title
The women’s final on day 2 of the OTP Bank World Judo Championships was fought between two giants of ...
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-66 kg: Takeoka Defies Predictions to Become World Champion
The final of the -66 kg category in Budapest was more one-way than Nurali Emomali may have liked. He ...
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Day 2 - the Preliminaries
The anomaly at -52 kg had the gaze of everyone in the arena and online; Uta Abe, having exited the Olympic ...
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Ryuju Nagayama - "I Have More Room to Grow, So, I Will Do Better"
Ryuju Nagayama has had excellent results throughout his career from grand slam golds to a junior world ...
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Yolk Kazirbyek: An Inspired Judoka
Yolk Kazirbyek's family lives near Darkhan city, the capital of the Darkhan-Uul Province in northern ...
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Szabina Szeleczki - "I’m Just Happy With the Judo That I Did"
Having a world championships at home is such a huge driver for a national team, for the judoka and for ...
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Two New World Champions on the Opening Day in Budapest
It already feels as though Paris was a long time ago and the new era is well and truly under construction. ...
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-48 kg: Super Scutto Stuns Spectators
The final of the lightest women’s category of the 2025 OTP Bank World Judo Championships was bound ...
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-60 kg: Nagayama, Unbeatable in Budapest, no Matter How Hard They Tried
A France-Japan final is something we can expect in one category or another, when all the big hitters ...
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-60 kg: A Preliminary Session to Savour
There were so many cheers and gasps from the spectators today, inside the Papp László Arena, and each ...
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-48 kg: Italy and Kazakhstan, Who WIll Win the Biggest Prize?
In the lightest of the women’s categories, the OTP Bank World Judo Championships began at quite a pace. ...
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The Countdown is Over!
31 minutes and 30 seconds to go
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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 ...
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The 2025 OTP Bank World Judo Championship Draw is Done
On Thursday 12th June, final preparations are being made by all sectors involved in the organisation ...
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Szofi Ozbas is Ready to Fight at Home
As the judo world prepares for the 2025 World Judo Championships Hungary, one local athlete will be under ...
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It's Going to Be a Blast!
The OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary 2025 are fast approaching. In just over a week, on 13th ...
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OTP Bank World Judo Championships: Two Weeks to Go!
In exactly two weeks, the world's best judoka will gather together in Budapest, the capital of Hungary ...
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Kazakhstan Applauds All Sectors of the Judo Family
At the beginning of the final day of competition, it was notable that the Kazakh flag had appeared above ...
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2025 World Championships Hungary: Tickets Now on Sale
The 2025 World Senior Championships Hungary Individuals and Mixed Teams are fast approaching. The flagship ...
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