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Paris GS 25
A New Era

The Paris Grand Slam has begun. As every year, it attracts thousands of spectators who already filled ...

Paris GS 25
Paris Opens the Season and the Cycle

The Paris Grand Slam not only opens this season for the IJF World Judo Tour but it also opens the elite ...

Paris GS 2025
Three Things to Look Out For at the 2025 Paris Grand Slam

Our last visit to the French capital was much less than a year ago as the most prestigious liaison of ...

The Passing of 1964 Olympic Silver Medallist Mr Eric Hänni (SUI)

The IJF is moved to hear of the passing of Olympic and European medallist Mr Eric Hänni of Switzerland ...

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (51): Djamel Bouras (FRA)

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

Tokyo GS 2024
The Perfect Conclusion

That's it, the 2024 judo season is over. It ended in the most beautiful way in Japan, with the conclusion ...

Tokyo GS 2024
+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 ...

Tokyo GS 2024
+78 kg: Arai Adds One More Gold

Two-time junior world champion (Guayaquil and Odivelas), already a winner in Tokyo in 2023, Mao Arai ...

Tokyo GS 2024
-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 ...

Tokyo GS 2024
-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 ...

Tokyo GS 2024
-90 kg: Murao Dominates the Category

Seeded number 1, world number 2, Olympic silver medallist this summer in Paris and a world medallist, ...

Tokyo GS 2024
-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 ...