French ladies exposed as world title favourites in Rio

At the second day of the IJF Grand Slam in Rio de Janeiro European Champion Ivan Nifontov (RUS) (in the picture) was the best in the U81kg weight class. Nifontov beat Brazilian youngster Nacif Elias in the final. Nifontov beat former... Seguir leyendo

Big European success in Rio

Six out of seven gold medals at the IJF Grand Slam in Rio de Janeiro were gained by European judokas after day one. In the three male weight categories Ludwig Paischer (AUT), Alim Gadanov (RUS) and Dirk van Tichelt won the gold.
In the women’s... Seguir leyendo

Nine European leaders in new IJF World Ranking

In the new IJF World Ranking Europe has nine leaders in all 14 weight categories. Athletes can gain points at another 11 events in 2009 for Olympic qualification. The next event is the IJF Grand Slam of Rio de Janeiro.

Jeroen Mooren (NED-1)... Seguir leyendo

Judoka of the week: Marielle Pruvost (FRA)

She was the youngest European winner of the IJF Grand Slam of Moscow last weekend. Marielle Pruvost won the U63 kilogramme category on Saturday beating Yoshie Ueno. The now 23-year old French fighter was the biggest surprise of last weekend... Seguir leyendo

Belarus warming up for World Championships

Although they had a small team in Moscow, Belarus had an excellent tournament in Moscow at the IJF Grand Slam. In the Druzhba sporthall nine athletes from Belarus participated, and two of them in even one weight category fighting for qualification... Seguir leyendo