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Judo celebrates 55 years as an Olympic sport with gala in Tokyo

The world of judo gathered at the Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa for a lavish gala dinner as the sport ...

Including Rankings & Seeding Positions
Final entry list for #JudoWorlds

Following the conclusion of the accreditation process we can reveal the final entry list, rankings and ...

World Championships 2019
The Accreditation Fever

When does a judo competition start? Officially as soon as the first 'hajime' are pronounced by the referees. ...

breaking news
IJF and Reuters Partner

Reuters sports media agency Action Images adds the International Judo Federation to growing roster of ...

Winning Congress

On August 22nd, with less than four days to go until the greatly anticipated World Championship, the ...

Men's Divisions
#JudoWorlds PREVIEW

Following our in-depth look at the women's divisions, we complete our #JudoWorlds preview by looking ...

VIDEO
Watch all the #JudoWorlds Promos!

Watch all the promos for #JudoWorlds to get in the mood for an eight-day festival of day in the sport's ...

IJF Worlds Revisited

“I’m going to Tokyo! To the IJF Worlds!” Any athlete waits anxiously for that call … The call ...

VIDEO
Dream Clash - Abe Uta v Majlinda Kelmendi

World champion Abe Uta (JPN) and Olympic champion Majlinda Kelmendi (KOS) could meet for the first time ...

Tokyo by Numbers

It is a country whose population exceeds 126 million and with a density of 335 people per square meter. ...

Women's Divisions
#JudoWorlds PREVIEW

We looked at the favourites for glory in Tokyo in all seven women's weight categories.

VIDEO
#JudoWorlds Pound-For-Pound King Ono Shohei

Olympic champion Ono Shohei (JPN) is the man to beat at #JudoWorlds in the -73kg category on day three ...