World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
Every world championships generates special memories, moments of breathtaking excitement and entertainment that mark the event as unique. But for those who are stimulated by facts and figures, the statistics thrown up by the more than 660 competitors taking part in Budapest will no doubt be sufficient to keep any…
14 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
It wasn’t the end to the tournament that Europe hoped for, and the podium of the mixed team event didn’t mirror the individual table, but it did show how the collective became strong enough to take on the strongest nations. Japan, as many may have predicted took the gold medal…
13 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
It was a tough day for the European’s in the heavyweight categories on the final day of the world championship event in Budapest, but the performances were second to none. This was especially the case for Tamerlan BASHAEV (RJF) who mirrored his recent Grand Slam and 2020 European Championship performances…
13 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
Europe mightn’t have taken the lions share of the medals on the final day of individual competition nevertheless there was some fantastic action in the +100kg and +78kg categories. Unfortunately for the continent, the medals in the women’s category were split evenly between Japan and Brazil. In the men’s +100kg…
12 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
Twenty-eight years ago in the 1993 World Championships, Hamilton, Johanna HAGN took the gold medal for Germany in the +72kg weight category. Today, Germany were finally able to celebrate a new female world champion with Anna Maria WAGNER. The 25 year-old had some added pressure in the build up to…
12 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
It comes as no surprise that the men’s -100kg category, with it’s array of strong contenders was unpredictable on day six of the world championships, but the 2019 world champion, Jorge FONSECA (POR) wanted to leave no room for doubt. The Portuguese was not about to give up his red…
11 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
In the Budapest Grand Slam 2020, Barbara MATIC (CRO) returned to the tatami following the pandemic break in the IJF tour, and took gold in the -70kg category. On the fifth day of the World Championships 2021, she felt at ease in the arena, confident she could repeat her performance…
11 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
Day five of the World Championships in Budapest was once again brimming with surprises and extremely strong performances from the European athletes, though we weren’t quite able to snatch the full selection, six out of eight is proving that the continent are a force to be reckoned with. In the…
10 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
The -81kg category final was highly anticipated, two athletes with completely different styles coming for a head to head to decide who would be crowned the world champion 2021. Tato GRIGALASHVILI (GEO) the more dynamic performer, exciting to watch from the first exchange and usually scoring big, against 2019 World…
10 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
An unbelievable day was had by the European athletes as they cleaned house and took all eight of the World Championships medals in the -63kg and -81kg categories. Both weight categories had much to celebrate, some only just having moved up from the junior circuit to stake their claim as…
9 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
It may be a surprise to many given the consistent success of strong judo nation, Georgia, but on day three of the World Championships 2021, history was made by Lasha SHAVDATUASHVILI. The 29 year-old Gori native first impressed the world in 2012 when blistering through the -66kg category during the…
9 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
Day three of the World Judo Championships 2021 saw the first all-European final in the -73kg category, guaranteeing two medals for the continent between Sweden and Georgia. These were added to the medals earned in the -57kg category by Theresa STOLL (GER) and Nora GJAKOVA (KOS) as well as the…
8 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
There were numerous performances to highlight on the second day of the World Championships 2021 but the stand out emotion and success came from yet another Spanish athlete, Ana PEREZ BOX. Taking her first world medal, she was so ecstatic she couldn’t put it in to words, perhaps the enormity…
8 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
In the -52kg category we may have been missing a few of the top seeds including Amandine BUCHARD (FRA) and Odette GIUFFRIDA (ITA) but that didn’t affect the level of exciting performances delivered by these World Championship athletes. Following on from yesterday’s success was Spanish judoka Ana PEREZ BOX who…
7 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
Ten years ago, Russia celebrated in Paris, France on the 27th of August as Tagir KHAYBULAEV became world champion in the -100kg category. Though racking up multiple Olympic champions in 2012 and 2016, one of the strongest nations in judo has been unable to celebrate another world champion, until now.…
7 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
There are always surprises to be had at any major championships, and Budapest certainly delivered its fair share on day one of the World Judo Championships 2021, setting the standard for some potential Olympic head to heads. With only one weight category for men and women per day, we can…
6 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
The Georgian talisman; the team captain. Current world number one in the -100kg category, Varlam LIPARTELIANI (GEO) is the pride of Georgia. It is an exceptionally demanding role to fill given the huge importance judo plays in the country and the unprecedented level of success enjoyed by a nation of…
3 June 2021World Championship Seniors - Budapest, Hungary
It is difficult to think of selection for the world championships as compensation. However, that would appear to be the case for current world champion and world number one in the -70kg category Marie Eve GAHIE (FRA). Until recently the front-runner for selection for France, was a little over a…
2 June 2021
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