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Astana 2025
-48 kg: Xinran Hui Earns Her First Grand Slam Gold

Three of the four top seeds of the category made their way dominantly to the semi-finals but even where ...

Astana 2025
Refereeing: Details, Discussion and Development

The main function of the referee meeting which happens on location ahead of every event on the World ...

Astana 2025
Kazakhstan Has Opened its Doors to the Judo World

The IJF World Judo Tour is laying this week’s roots in Astana in Kazakhstan for what promises to be ...

Astana 2025
Kazakhstan Becomes the World’s Judo Hub

With Dushanbe already packed away in our recent memory, the World Judo Tour moves across Central Asia ...

Dushanbe GS 2025
Tajikistan, Thank You for This Amazing Event!

What can we learn from the 2024 edition of the Dushanbe Grand Slam? Many things, without a doubt.

Dushanbe GS 2025
+100 kg: Rakhimov Offers the Most Beautiful Victory to His Public

This is a final category that everyone always looks forward to with great anticipation, the heavyweights! ...

Dushanbe GS 2024
+78 kg: China Performs With Gold and Silver

We've been saying it since the beginning of the tournament: something is happening in China, something ...

Dushanbe GS 2025
-100 kg: Kostoev Is Too Strong

When you've already won the Paris Grand Slam in February and just emerged from a continental final a ...

Dushanbe GS 2024
-78 kg: Emma Reid Wins Her Second Grand Slam Gold

The competition was a bit strange for the tournament's top seed, German judoka Alina Boehm, and she certainly ...

Dushanbe GS 2024
-90 kg: Hajiyev Wins an All-Azeri Final

European champion in 2024 and a third-place finisher at the Qasaqstan Barysy Grand Slam last year, Eljan ...

Dushanbe GS 2025
Tajikistan Shows Its Passion for Judo

For three days, the world judo capital is in Tajikistan for the Dushanbe Grand Slam 2025.

Dushanbe GS 2025
-81 kg: Makhmadbekov Wins the Third Gold for Tajikistan

One of the national judo heroes in Tajikistan is Somon Makhmadbekov.