Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
The penultimate day of judo will see the titans go head to head for gold, and for France this will be a monumental day if Teddy RINER is on his A game. With three Olympic gold medals – including the historic Mixed Team win – Riner is one of the…
21 July 2024Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
Arguably one of the hardest weight categories to place bets on is the -100kg men. The talent runs deep throughout the ranking and any one of them is capable on their day of reaching the dizzying heights of an Olympic gold triumph, but the question is, who will it be?…
20 July 2024Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
He is back. Lasha BEKAURI (GEO) will be defending his Tokyo Olympic title in Paris, and will be competing as the top seed. As one of the most exciting athletes to watch, day five will bring high level entertainment, be it the Georgian’s unique judo or the chase his opponents…
19 July 2024Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
During this Olympic cycle, and even a while before, the focus in the -81kg category has been the almighty clash between seeds #1 and #2, Matthias CASSE (BEL) and Tato GRIGALASHVILI (GEO). It has been both and exhilarating and exhausting journey to this point for both the athletes and the…
18 July 2024Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
A gold, silver and bronze Olympic medal. That is the legacy of Lasha SHAVDATUSHAVILI, who entered the Georgian history books with the Olympic title in London 2012. Now his fourth Olympic cycle, 12 years later and he is far from done. Albeit it now he has more major contenders. Leading…
17 July 2024Kocaeli European Judo Hopes Cup & Technical Session Kodokan Experts - Kocaeli, Turkiye
Kocaeli will host the next European Judo Hopes Cup & Technical Session Kodokan Experts from 20-21 July. As well as welcoming hundreds of judoka from across Europe, Türkiye will be accommodating Olympic Champion, Tina Trstenjak and Kodokan Expert, Takimoto Makoto for the technical sessions. Program The schedule above is subject…
16 July 2024Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
The second day of the judo event in the Paris Olympic Games 2024 has been dubbed ‘the day of the Abes’. Two of the strongest contenders, siblings from Japan, they made a historic impact in Tokyo by winning their Olympic titles on the same day, and are now planning on…
16 July 2024Swansea Get Together Tournament 2024 - Swansea, Great Britain
Ron CLEERE did not have the traditional start many do, joining a judo club at a young age and progressing through their school years, but instead at a much later stage. I started judo when I was 32 years old, I took my boy to a judo club and at…
16 July 2024Swansea Get Together Tournament 2024 - Swansea, Great Britain
The European Judo Union Get Together Tour continued over this past weekend in Swansea, Wales, incorporating the British Judo Adaptive Championships. The event was hosted by the Welsh Judo Association in collaboration with Disability Sport Wales and was a resounding success, and was given a big thumbs up by EJU…
15 July 2024Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
It is Monday 15th of July, the Euros 2024 are wrapped up, Wimbledon has been concluded, now all eyes are on to the Olympic Games, can Spain continue in their world domination? We will find out on the 27th of July as the first judoka battle it out for the…
15 July 2024European University Games 2024 - Miskolc, Hungary
The European University Games 2024 in Miskolc, Hungary, saw a competitive field with 18 countries winning at least one medal. Georgia topped the medals table with a total of 4 gold and 1 bronze. The hosts followed closely with 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals. Right behind them…
15 July 2024Yet again, wonderful organisation led to a successful event and the celebration of one of Great Britain’s greatest talents, carrying his legend through to a new generation. The great champion that was Craig FALLON sadly left us in 2019, however his memory will forever be kept alive by childhood friend,…
14 July 2024Paks Junior European Cup 2024 - Paks, Hungary
France topped the overall medal table at the Paks Junior European Cup 2024 with 6 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals. Serbia (2-3-1) and Georgia (2-0-2) followed. French coach Olivier Melicine began his summary of the weekend by saying; This is a really good tournament, we have been coming…
14 July 2024Paks Junior European Cup 2024 - Paks, Hungary
The first day of the Paks Junior European Cup 2024 saw the host nation celebrate a single success via Gabor Aron who won the -66kg category. It was a victory that deserved to be celebrated, as this hasn’t been the best year for Gabor so far. After a 5th place…
13 July 2024Swansea Get Together Tournament 2024 - Swansea, Great Britain
Following the first day of the Get Together in Swansea, Wales, the divisioning is complete and the competition for adapted judoka will take place tomorrow on the 13th of July. This Get Together Tournament is the latest addition in the EJU Tour in 2024, and will be live streamed by…
12 July 2024Olympic Games Judo 2024 - Paris, France
In 15 days the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will officially begin. In 15 days, we will be hours away from celebrating the first of two Olympic champions at the Champ de Mars Arena. With judo being one of the most popular sport in France and Paris being the host of…
11 July 2024Paks Junior European Cup 2024 - Paks, Hungary
It has been 37 years since the Paks Junior European Cup, fondly known as the ‘Atom Cup’, opened its doors and started an incredible tradition. Paks, Hungary, has housed numerous champions including Hungary’s only Olympic Champion in judo, KOVÁCS Antal, as well as World and European Champion BRAUN Ákos. Over…
11 July 2024Recently, the latest examination for the IJF International Refereeing Licence took place in Almaty (KAZ). The exam session was preceded by a seminar for referees and coaches, which focused on the video clips presented at the seminar in Gyor (HUN) earlier this year. These clips were discussed by the IJF…
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