Tag: IJF World Tour

When the largest and most important tournaments come up in the IJF World Tour calendar, count on Japan to field most or all of...

A huge field of 609 judoka from 98 nations will gather at the AccorHotels Arena of Bercy for the annual Paris Grand Slam, the...

Having an IJF Grand Prix in Israel was itself a landmark occasion, but even better for the hosts was the strong performance of the...

The International Judo Federation has been vigilant in trying to protect the rights of all countries affiliated with it to compete in its World...

The last stop on the IJF World Tour for 2018 is the Masters, this year held in Guangzhou (CHN), at the 6,063-seat Guangzhou Gymnasium....

There is winning and there is domination. With 14 weight classes in the Osaka (JPN) Grand Slam, the host Japanese piled up an astonishing...

The 2018 edition of the IJF World Tour is in Osaka (JPN) for the final Grand Slam event of the season, with a large...

The reality is that when Japan wants to win, it does so impressively at IJF World Tour events like the Grand Prix at The Hague last weekend. But a modest Japanese squad was on hand and so it opened opportunities for others. That included the hosts from the Netherlands, who won a chart-topping six medals […]

The final IJF Grand Prix of the season comes in The Hague (NED), with a huge field of 443 judoka from 66 nations ready for competition in all 16 classes. The top seeds (with their IJF world rankings): Men: ∙ -60 kg: 1. Francisco Garregos (ESP: 5) 2. Amartuvshin Dashdavaa (MGL: 7) ∙ -66 kg: […]

The biggest stars in judo were not at the Tashkent Grand Prix in Uzbekistan, but it opened the door for others, notably the judoka from Kosovo. Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia in 2008 and has had considerable difficulty becoming recognized in some sports, and has been refused entry into some events, including the European […]

The IJF World Tour has four events left in 2018, this week in Tashkent (UZB), with 352 judoka from 47 nations getting ready to...

Traveling north just a couple of day after co-lighting the Olympic flame at the Opening Ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games last weekend, she won her third career IJF Grand Prix gold in the -48 kg division at the Cancun (MEX) Grand Prix. Already the 2015 World Champion and 2016 Olympic Champion, she shows no […]

The World Championships are over, but the IJF World Tour continues, this week in Cancun (MEX) with 344 judoka from 52 countries ready to do in the resort city. The top seeds and current world rankings: Men: ∙ -60 kg: 1. Francisco Garrigos (ESP: 5) 2. Ashley McKenzie (GBR: 10) ∙ -66 kg: 1. Daniel […]