The Paris 2024 “Did you know?” section provides viewers with interesting, lesser-known facts related to each day of the competition.
-70kg / -90kg
- Klen Kristofer Kaljulaid (EST) is the son of Estonian Judo President Kaido Kaljulaid.
- Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallist Eduard Trippel (GER) is unseeded in the -90kg category.
- Lucie Decosse (FRA) is the only European judoka to have won Olympic gold in the -70kg category.
- There are 3 world champions in the -90kg category as well as in the -70kg category.
- Georgia has 3 Olympic champions in the -90kg category, including defending champion Lasha Bekauri.
Judo made its Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games in 1964, and Paris 2024 will mark its 60th anniversary as an Olympic sport.
Author: Szandra Szogedi