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Tbilisi GS 2023
The Youngest Member of the Team

At every World Judo Tour event there are dozens of volunteers, on top of the core staff, referees, local ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
Statistics Tell Stories

Day two in Tbilisi brought some interesting statistics.

Tbilisi GS 2023
-81kg: Borchashvili Opens the Score for Austria and for Himself

François Gauthier Drapeau (CAN) has trained us to be used to better.

Tbilisi GS 2023
-70kg: Teltsidou Wins her Second Grand Slam Gold

The -70kg category was more in line with expectations since the four main seeds, Sanne Van Dijke (NED), ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
Technical Analysis, Day 2: Judo is Hard but Judo is Also Amazing!

Tina Trstenjak, as an Olympic champion, a world champion, a European champion, is supremely qualified ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
-73kg: Everything Is Possible for Batzaya

The public came in their numbers to see their hero, Lasha Shavdatuashvili, the man who won everything ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
-63kg: Renshall Is Consistently Good

We cannot repeat it enough that being seeded is both an advantage and a heavy burden to bear; a totally ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
Keldiyorova, “It Looked Easy Because We Already Did So Much Work”

Diyora Keldiyorova is 24 but already has a long career behind her and with no sign of stepping back.

Judo in Schools
From Dream to Reality

At the beginning of March 2023, we announced the upcoming implementation of the Judo in Schools programme ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
We Really Enjoyed Day 1 in Tbilisi

The first day of the Tbilisi Grand Slam 2023 ended with a breakthrough for Serbia who, through Milica ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
Technical Analysis, Day 1: Combining Passion With Education

Pino Maddaloni is one of Italy’s national treasures, an Olympic champion and now an IJF Referee Supervisor. ...

Tbilisi GS 2023
-57kg: Perisic Brings Second Gold to Serbia

The competition was beautiful at -57kg, with a close match between the seeded ones, since out of 8 seeded ...