Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FLASHBACK RIO: MEN

LONDON 2012    RIO 2016 Gold             Arsen GALSTYAN RUS Lasha SHAVDATUASHVILI GEO Mansur ISAEV RUS Tagir KHAIBULAEV RUS Teddy RINER FRA Beslan MUDRANOV RUS Fabio BASILE ITA Khasan KHALMURZAEV RUS Lukas KRPALEK CZE Teddy RINER FRA 5 5 Silver UNGVARI Miklos HUN Ole BISCHOF…

18 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FLASHBACK RIO: WOMEN

LONDON 2012    RIO 2016 Gold             Urska ZOLNIR SLO  Lucie DECOSSE FRA Majlinda KELMENDI KOS Tina TRSTENJAK SLO Emilie ANDEOL FRA 2 3 Silver Alina DUMITRU ROU  Corina CAPRIORIOU ROU  Kerstin THIELE GER Gemma GIBBONS GBR Odette GIUFFRIDA ITA Clarisse AGBEGNENOU FRA Audrey TCHEUMEO…

16 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

RINER REPEATS AS ANDEOL UPSETS FAVOURITES

+78 kg 1. ANDEOL, Emilie (FRA) 2. ORTIZ, Idalys (CUB) 3. YAMABE, Kanae (JPN) 3. YU, Song (CHN) +100 kg 1. RINER, Teddy (FRA) 2. HARASAWA, Hisayoshi (JPN) 3. SILVA, Rafael (BRA) 3. SASSON, Or (ISR)

13 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

KRPALEK CROWNED OLYMPIC CHAMPION

-100 kg 1. KRPALEK, Lukas (CZE) 2. GASIMOV, Elmar (AZE) 3. HAGA, Ryunosuke (JPN) 3. MARET, Cyrille (FRA) -78 kg 1. HARRISON, Kayla (USA) 2. TCHEUMEO, Audrey (FRA) 3. AGUIAR, Mayra (BRA) 3. VELENSEK, Anamari (SLO)

12 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PREVIEW OLYMPIC GAMES: +100KG & +78KG

Whilst not quite as certain as Riner in the +100kg category, the likely destination for the gold medal in the +78kg category is either China, Japan or Cuba, these three being the only countries to have won the women’s super-heavyweight division. In the driving seat will be reigning Olympic champion…

12 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

NARROW MISS FOR IMPROVED LIPARTELIANI AS CONWAY AND VARGAS KOCH COLLECT BRONZE

-90 kg 1. BAKER, Mashu (JPN) 2. LIPARTELIANI, Varlam (GEO) 3. GWAK, Donghan (KOR) 3. CHENG, Xunzhao (CHN) -70 kg 1. TACHIMOTO, Haruka (JPN) 2. ALVEAR, Yuri (COL) 3. CONWAY, Sally (GBR) 3. VARGAS KOCH, Laura (GER)

11 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SLOVENIA RETAIN -63 TITLE AS RUSSIA TAKES MEDAL TABLE TOP SPOT

-81 kg 1. KHALMURZAEV, Khasan (RUS) 2. STEVENS, Travis (USA) 3. NAGASE, Takanori (JPN) 3. TOMA, Sergiu (UAE) -63 kg 1. TRSTENJAK, Tina (SLO) 2. AGBEGNENOU, Clarisse (FRA) 3. GERBI, Yarden (ISR) 3. VAN EMDEN, Anicka (NED)

10 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FAIRY TALE DAY FOR SILVA AS ONO SAVES FACE FOR JAPAN

-73 kg 1. ONO, Shohei (JPN) 2. ORUJOV, Rustam (AZE) 3. SHAVDATUASHVILI, Lasha (GEO) 3. VAN TICHELT, Dirk (BEL) -57 kg 1. SILVA, Rafaela (BRA) 2. DORJSUREN, Sumiya (MGL) 3. MONTEIRO, Telma (POR)  3. MATSUMOTO, Kaori (JPN)

9 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PREVIEW OLYMPIC GAMES: -100KG & -78KG

Number one seed Elmar GASIMOV (AZE) will begin his attempt to win the gold medal in the -100kg category with an opening contest against reigning Olympic champion Tagir KHAIBULAEV (RUS). The Russian is unseeded in pool A as is Beijing Olympic champion NAIDAN Tuvinshibayar (MGL). Martin PACEK (SWE) heads pool…

8 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PREVIEW OLYMPIC GAMES: -90KG & -70KG

It is a tall order to carry the hopes of your nation on your shoulders. But current European champion Varlam LIPATELIANI (GEO) will be doing more than most as he seeks to emulate countrymen Zurab ZVIADAURI (-90kg Athens) and Irakli TSIREKIDZE (-90kg Beijing) by winning the -90kg Olympic title for…

8 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

KELMENDI HEROIC AS BASILE BRAVADO PROVES JUSTIFIED

-66 kg 1. BASILE, Fabio (ITA) 2. AN, Baul (KOR) 3. EBINUMA, Masashi (JPN) 3. SOBIROV, Rishod (UZB) -52 kg 1. KELMENDI, Majlinda (KOS) 2. GIUFFRIDA, Odette (ITA) 3. KUZIUTINA, Natalia (RUS) 3. NAKAMURA, Misato (JPN)

8 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

MUDRANOV WEATHERS THE STORM TO BASK IN RIO GOLD

-60 kg 1. MUDRANOV, Beslan (RUS) 2. SMETOV, Yeldos (KAZ) 3. TAKATO, Naohisa (JPN) 3. UROZBOEV, Diyorbek (UZB) -48 kg 1. PARETO, Paula (ARG) 2. JEONG, Bokyeong (KOR) 3. GALBADRAKH, Otgontsetseg (KAZ) 3. KONDO, Ami (JPN)

7 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PREVIEW OLYMPIC GAMES: -81KG & -63KG

TIME SCHEDULE Preliminary round 10:00 – 13:00

6 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PREVIEW OLYMPIC GAMES: -73KG & -57KG

TIME SCHEDULE Preliminary round 10:00 – 13:00 Final block 15:30 – 18:10

6 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PREVIEW OLYMPIC GAMES: -66KG & -52KG

TIME SCHEDULE Preliminary round 10:00 – 13:00 Final block 15:30 – 18:10

5 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

PREVIEW OLYMPIC GAMES: -60KG & -48KG

TIME SCHEDULE Preliminary round 10:00 – 13:00 Final block 15:30 – 18:10

5 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

FRIDRICH ANNAMARIA LOOKS FORWARD EXCITEDLY TO REFEREE IN RIO 2016

All referees Vladimir HNIDKA CZE Jose Manuel CORTES ESP Vincent DRUAUX FRA Vladimer NUTSUBIDZE GEO Annamaria FRIDRICH HUN Vladimir VOSTRIKOV RUS Lubomir PETR AUS Edison MINAKAWA BRA Everardo GARCIA MEX Gary TAKEMOTO USA Laid HAMOUCHE ALG OSAKO Akinobu JPN MASHBAT Bukhbat MGL WANG Guoqiao CHN

5 August 2016

Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

OLYMPIC GAMES - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? (PART V)

Rok Drakšič (SLO) “I bet all on my experiences.“ Mia Hermansson (SWE) “The Road to Rio has been long and heavy for me. Sometimes really tough, but it already feels worth all the hard work. And I hope and think it will feel even better after the Games!“ Toth Krisztian…

29 July 2016