Strength of participants of World Championships increased

Many people wonder if the Judo World Championships have indeed increased in strength now two judoka can participate in each category and the IJF set a new record in participating athletes. Below you can see a comparison between the medallists of... Read more

Japan takes two world title at day 1

Japan won two out of four medals at the first day of the Judo World Championships. They may have expected more with a huge number of favourites. But Mika Sugimoto took the first ever title in the plus category since the start of the first judo... Read more

Spectacular semi finals at first judo day

Sensation all over at the first day of the Judo Worlds in Tokyo. In the men’s U100kg the favourites have indeed made it to the semi finals. However the competition is so tough that spectacular confrontations were shown to the fans. One of the... Read more

Preview World Championships female categories

Since 2005 the trend is up for the Japanese women. In 2005 they had only one World Champion, by Midori Shintani, not even by Tani. In 2007, Tsukada and Tani won two titles, and last year in Rotterdam the Japanese team collected three gold medals.... Read more

Preview World Championships male categories

The World Championships will start in two days. Let’s take a look at the favourites for each male category.


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U60kg
Rishod Sobirov and Hiroaki Hiraoka are the top... Read more

Countdown for the World Championships

Three days to go before the beginning of the World Judo Championship, TOKYO 2010, and all eyes are already turned to the big upcoming event.
Hundreds of judo enthusiasts are working hard to deliver an outstanding event. While some of the... Read more

European Championships for Veterans 2010 - UPDATE

We are pleased to inform you that the Croatian Judo Federation has now made arrangments to fulfill all conditions previously required by the European Judo Union.
Therefore, the EJU can announce that the Veteran European Championships will be held... Read more

Judo icon Anton Geesink passes away

At 27 August, the world of judo mourns about the death of judo icon Anton Geesink. The Dutch 10th Dan and IOC member was the first non-Japanese World Champion in 1961 and won the Olympic title in Tokyo in 1964.
He passed away at the age of 76.
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United Nations on Tatami

In the presence of Jacques Rogge, IOC President, Judo showed its
universality tonight in Singapore at the final award ceremony of the Judo
tournament of the Youth Olympic Games, Singapore 2010.




Historic Moment
For the very first... Read more