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GP Zagreb 2024
-60 kg: Davlatov Continues to Score for Kazakhstan

Already the winner of a grand slam in 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Turan Bayramov (AZE) was the number one ...

GP Zagreb 2024
-48 kg: Japan Gets the First Gold Medal

After her home victory this year at the Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam 2024, Galiya Tynbayeva (KAZ) was ...

Interview
Hard Work Pays Off

It was with a big smile that Barbara Matic arrived in the early hours of the Zagreb Grand Prix 2024, ...

Paris OG 2024
The Legacy of the Paris 2024 Games

Vladimir Barta is the IJF Head Sport Director. The Paris 2024 Games were his fourth in this role.

GP Zagreb 2024
The World Judo Tour Is Back in Zagreb

A few weeks have already passed since the Parisian craziness of the 2024 Olympic Games, a few weeks everyone ...

Paris PG 2024
A Formidable Accelerator

Alexandre Poutout, Olympic Games and Para-Judo Sport Manager Paris 2024, has been working non-stop for ...

World Cadets 24
An Outstanding Day for Japan!

The Lima World Championships Cadets Mixed Team event began with an already electric atmosphere from the ...

World Cadets 24
In Peru We Say, ‘Al Mal Tiempo, Buena Cara’

Kimberlie Rivera Tello is the Peruvian Judo Federation’s Events Director and she is busy, very busy, ...

World Cadets 24
DAY 4: Japan Top the Medal Top in the Presence of Lord Coe

The Lima World Championships Cadets has come to an end, at least for the individual categories.

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (48): Mi-Jung Kim (KOR)

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

Coach Stories
Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar: I Believe in Our Cadets

Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar is a special name in the history of judo; Mongolia’s first world champion. ...

World Cadets 24
Victor Penalber: Working Together For the Benefit of Everyone

Victor Penalber (BRA) has 13 World Judo Tour medals on his roll of honour, including medals at both the ...