Experience Celebrated as the Men’s Categories Conclude

The fourth day of the World Judo Championships Veterans 2026 brought the men’s programme to a close ...

The Art of Making Every Movement Count

For the final day of the men’s competition at the World Judo Championships Veterans 2026, the most ...

A Third Day of Experience, Depth and Determination in Sarajevo

The third day of the World Judo Championships Veterans 2026 brought another full programme of committed ...

What a Judo Bag Carries

At the World Judo Championships Veterans in Sarajevo, every judoka arrives at the Hotel Hills’ arena ...

Sarajevo to Host a Landmark Special Olympics Judo Open

Sarajevo will deliver a new milestone for inclusive judo when the Special Olympics Judo Open Sarajevo ...

Veteran Judo Continues to Shine in Sarajevo - FULL RESULTS

The second day of the Sarajevo World Judo Championships Veterans 2026 confirmed once again the remarkable ...

Sarajevo Opens Its Doors to the World’s Veterans

The 2026 World Veteran Championships were opened in Sarajevo with a ceremony that brought tradition, ...

Why Do Veterans Return to the Tatami?

A question is often asked when the world veteran championships begin: why do these men and women, many ...

Sarajevo Veteran Worlds Opens with an Intense First Day - Full Results

The Sarajevo World Judo Championships Veterans 2026 opened with an intense, motivating and highly engaging ...

Sarajevo: Where Judo Meets Memory and Hope

There are cities for which names carry more than a location. Sarajevo is one of them. For many, it conjures ...

More Than Medals: The People Who Keep Judo Moving

At the Sarajevo World Judo Championships Veterans, medals are earned through the same commitment, courage ...

Sarajevo Ignites the Veteran Spirit

The World Veterans Championships have just begun in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For five days, ...

Sarajevo Welcomes the World’s Veteran Judo Community

The World Veteran Championships are about to begin in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, bringing together ...

Technical Development: a Different Angle

The now long-established World Judo Tour has become a benchmark for the presentation of high-level sport ...

Sarajevo 2026: A Landmark Step for Inclusion in Judo

In May 2025, the International Judo Federation and Special Olympics International signed a Memorandum ...

Milanko Mucibabic Sets the Example

Milanko Mucibabic was twice President of the National Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2004-2005 ...

A New Generation is Born

The Sarajevo World Judo Championships Cadets 2022, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, concluded with the victory ...

The Group First

Judo is an individual sport by definition, but in essence it is similar to a discipline that is practised ...

+90kg: Brilliant Move from Messe A Bessong to Win Gold for Canada

The last category of the day and the last of the individual competition, before the mixed teams, opposed ...

+70 kg: The Double for France

This goes without saying, but France is a major player when it comes to women's heavyweights. For many ...

-90 kg: Kenderesi Shows Skill to Win the Title

The category was especially spectacular right from the beginning of the morning session, with flying ...

-70 kg: Stylish and Powerful Kodirova, for Uzbekistan

We have been repeating it for several days: being seeded in the cadets does not guarantee an easy course ...

Technical Analysis, Day 4: Learning Lessons

Today’s review comes from someone whose perspective is a little different from previous editions. Victor ...

An Excellent Vintage

The last day of the Cadet World Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the individual ...

Driven by Passion

Dr. Branislav Crnogorac, the President of the Judo Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his vice-president, ...

Technical Analysis, Day 3: Hips Hips Hooray

Once you are Olympic champion, what can possibly be next? For Cathy Fleury (FRA), 1992 gold medallist ...

-81kg: Armenia With Karapetyan Tops the World

Like the -57s, in the little game of eliminating the top seeds, the -81kg category was not left out. ...

-63kg: Oruc Sends Türkiye into Orbit

What a challenging day for the top seeds; the -63kg group did not escape the rule either. Today, being ...

Judo Offers Friendship, Solidarity, Unity and Peace in Sarajevo

The third day of competition at the Cadet World Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ended ...

Technical Analysis, Day 2: Team Spirit is Everyone’s Medicine

Double Olympian, President of the Turkiye Judo Federation since 2016 and EJU Sport Director, Sezer Huysuz ...

-66kg: Georgia on the Heels of France with Samadashvili

Exceptionally, here in Sarajevo, the -66kg category was the first of the men’s groups in the tournament ...

-48kg: Japan Opens their Scorecard

She has won almost everything this year and even when she didn't win gold, she was on the podium. World ...

-52kg: Italy Joins the Winning Nations with Massimetti

There is no longer any doubt that Uzbekistan has implemented a development policy for women's judo and ...

-60kg: Underdog Kareli Takes it for Georgia

This French men's team is certainly in really good shape. After two titles the day before, it was now ...

Cadets Demonstrate the Universality of Judo

You could tell there was excitement from 9am this morning, as the second day of the Cadet World Championships ...

They Were Aiming for the Stars, They Hit the Moon

They slept badly. Both Yahn Motoly Bongambe and Zacharie Dijol, junior world champions respectively at ...

-55kg: France Scores Again with Dijol

Much to the delight of Elnur Mammadli, Olympic champion in 2008 in Beijing and now vice-president of ...

-50kg: French Motoly Bongambe Outclasses World Number One

Sebestyen Kollar (HUN) is already a known name on the cadet circuit. He was the gold medallist at the ...

-44kg: Wandel Wins for the Netherlands, While Türkiye Also Performs

And that’s two! Zeynep Betul Sarikaya is the second Turkish athlete to qualify for her respective final, ...

-40kg: Superson in the Wake of Bilodid

If there are top seeds in the cadets, as is the case with the juniors and seniors, it is also no less ...

A Beautiful First Step on the World Judo Scene

The chances of participating in a world championship, although multiple during a career as a high-level ...

Technical Analysis Day 1: A Great Start Across the Board

When it comes to event organisation, Dr Lisa Allan is the very best. Having been the Judo Manager at ...

The Imperative Step on the Way to the Elite Level

In Europe the summer is coming close to its end and for cadet judo it has been magnificent! Pan America ...

Japan Awards Branislav Crnogorac

On 3rd November 2020 the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2020 Autumn Imperial ...

Judo In Schools Bosnia And Herzegovina

World medallist Larisa Cerić misses #JudoParis2019 to light the flame at the Winter EYOF

World number two and world bronze medallist Larisa CERIC (BIH) had a special reason for missing the Paris ...

Complete Guide to #JudoWorlds2018

Part 1 of our Complete Guide to #JudoWorlds2018 covers Teams A-F and 270 judoka from 46 countries!

13 Paris debutants to look out for at #JudoParis2017

Every judoka remembers their first Paris tournament. Whatever the latest batch of newcomers go on to ...