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Brenda and Yuri

Yuri Alvear, 3 times a world champion and double olympic medallist, is among the greatest athletes in ...

Junior Worlds 2024
Boltaboev's Fast Transition

Sharofiddin Boltaboev has been a consistent face in the Uzbek national team for a decade but at 28 something ...

Junior Worlds 2024
Dr Antonio Castro: Education and Wellbeing

Dr Antonio Castro of Cuba is a surgeon, a good one! He is an IJF Ambassador and has also been working ...

Athlete Stories
Noor Makes History for Pakistan

The junior world championships always attracts a diverse athlete population.

Junior Worlds
Melkia Auchecorne (FRA), a Double World Champion

In Odivelas, at the junior worlds of 2023, we met a new junior world champion, a young French woman with ...

Junior Worlds 2024
Bianca Reis: Staying in the Moment

Bianca Reis (BRA) came to Dushanbe as the world number one at -57 kg, carrying a lot of pressure on her ...

Junior Worlds
Tajikistan's Accelerated Development

In the venue, of course, but from homes all over the world, on JudoTV, the passion of the Tajik judo ...

Coach Stories
From Paris to Dushanbe, Olympics to Juniors

We could make assumptions about training programmes and national philosophies when we see Olympic coaches ...

Athlete Stories
Natalie Powell (GBR) Says Goodbye to the World Judo Tour

Natalie Powell (GBR) has been on the World Judo Tour since 2012; a dozen years of the highest level of ...

The Olympic Champion Series
The Olympic Champions (49): Yoshiyuki Matsuoka (JPN)

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

Interview
Peter Safrany Enters in the Big World

Peter Safrany represents the new generation of Hungarian champions, at least judoka who want to reach ...

Interview
On the Other Side of the Mirror

One is Brazilian, the other French. They are both judoka and now occupy a new role within the IJF refereeing ...