Tag: IJF World Championships
JUDO Panorama: Amazing #AskVizer session, Mollaei not asking for asylum in Germany
A day following the close of the 2019 World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Japan, International Judo Federation chief Marius Vizer (AUT) took questions for...
JUDO: Japan dominates World Champs in Tokyo … or did they, as France wins...
The 2019 World Judo Championships came back to its Olympic home, the famed Nippon Budokan in Tokyo where the sport was introduced to the...
TSX DAILY: Middle East politics part of Israeli judoka’s path to World Champs gold;...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 29 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | LEADING OFF: Israel’s Muki wins Judo Worlds gold, but not a handshake from beaten Egyptian
The...
TSX DAILY: “Why does a popular Olympic sport struggle?” is the wrong question ~...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 28 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | LANE ONE: World Champion asks "Why does a popular Olympic sport struggle?"
In last week’s edition...
TSX DAILY: Amazing story of 17-year-old Nevin Harrison’s World title win ~ U.S. men’s...
≡ TSX DAILY ~ 27 August 2019 ≡
| 1. | CANOEING: Nevin Harrison’s journey from junior competitions to World Champion in one year!
One of the...
JUDO Preview: World Championships in Tokyo presage Olympic competition one year ahead
One of the great shrines in judo is the Nippon Budokan, built to initially host the first-ever Olympic competition in the sport in 1964....
JUDO: Japan dominates IJF World Champs with 16 medals
The constant force at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku (AZE) was Japan.
The world leader in the sport finished with 16 medals (7-5-4)...
JUDO: Japan: 12 weights, 14 medals at IJF World Champs
Japan continued to overpower all others at the 2018 World Championships in Baku (AZE).
Of the 12 weight classes that have been completed, Japan has...
JUDO: Japan in charge, as usual, at IJF World Champs
The sport of judo was introduced to the Olympic program at the 1964 Tokyo Games. And the Japanese have continued to dominate this sport,...
JUDO Preview: Huge field for 2018 World Championships in Baku
A massive total of 800 judoka from 129 countries have gathered in Baku (AZE) for the IJF World Championships, with competition in 14 classes,...
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