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Interview: Tina Trstenjak & Maria Portela
Friendship, Fights and Needing a Hug!

“How is everything, Tina? Are you looking forward to fighting?” “Yes, it’s been a long time!”

Grand Slam Hungary: Technical Analysis, Day 2
The Familiar and the Firsts

At the end of a day that brought power and another affirmation for the validity of the world ranking ...

Interviews
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Showtime in the UAE
7 Things to Get Excited About At #JudoAbuDhabi

The penultimate Grand Slam of the season, the long-running and history-making Abu Dhabi fixture, is set ...

Interview
Mixed Zone Chat with Tina Trstenjak: I felt good today

When Olympic champion Tina Trstenjak entered the tatami for the golden bout in the -63kg category, the ...

On the Road to Tokyo 2020
A look at the Tokyo 2020 qualification phase so far

As countdown clock closes in on 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games we decided to look ...

IMPRESSIONS
It was beautiful: seeing, and appreciating, judo for the first time

My wife and I have been married for 27 years. Our first date was at a baseball game.

Interview
Clarisse Agbegnenou Queen of Bercy

She has not yet reached the seven victories in Paris of her illustrious elder Lucie Decosse, but Clarisse ...

GS Paris Day 1
Neil Adams Technical Analysis

We had an amazing final block today after a long day of competition.

Express interview
Clarisse Agbegnenou

Clarisse Agbegnenou (FRA), answered to our questions for the fourth EXPRESS INTERVIEW (after the IJF ...

THE GLOBAL CIRCUIT ARRIVES AGAIN IN MOROCCO

From March 9-11, Agadir, Morocco, will again be the world judo capital, since with the second Grand Prix ...

$50,000 award for end-of-year world leaders

The International Judo Federation has awarded all 14 judoka who ended 2016 as the world number ones with ...