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The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (3): Giuseppe Pino Maddaloni (ITA)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers some thought-provoking words ...

Dushanbe GP
Technical Analysis, Day 3: Conditioning and Experience

Ziad Maafi is a key member of the IJF IT Team and in Dushanbe he is seconded specifically to support ...

Dushanbe GP
Ramzi Shamirov: Proud to Referee at Home

Ramzi Shamirov is an IJF referee and has also been working for the Tajikistan Judo Federation for many ...

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (2): Tina Trstenjak (SLO)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers some thought-provoking words ...

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (1): Shinji Hosokawa (JPN)

Interviewing an Olympic champion is something special and always delivers some thought-provoking words ...

Upper Austria GP
Technical Analysis, Day 3: Collaboration, Enthusiasm and Also Krpalek!!

IJF Head Sport Director, Mr Vladimir Barta (CZE), is at heart an athlete, even if his role now carries ...

Upper Austria GP
Technical Analysis, Day 1: The Organisation Makes a Difference

Lee Calder coaches with the British team and also works with an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.

Michael Leigh: A 9th Dan at 90

Michael (Mick) Leigh is 90 years old today, a party is deserved! Maybe some of the global judo community ...

Development
Rwanda is Building Towards a Great Future

Leon Rukundo Sala is the Rwandan Judo Federation’s Director of Development.

ATHLETE STORIES
Kelly Deguchi: to Simplify and Enjoy

Speaking with Kelly is a pleasure. She arrives with honesty and humility and begins our conversation ...

ATHLETE STORIES
Shirine, Stay on the Right Road

At the World Championships in Qatar there was a very public, much-talked-about rivalry at -48kg, one ...

ATHLETE STORIES
Alice: Next Year!

In 2015 Alice Bellandi won the European Youth Olympics and then in 2018 became junior world champion ...