Preview Women’s U57kg: The Monteiro vs. Matsumoto show

When Giulia Quintavalle (ITA) won the Olympic competition in 2008, she came from out of nowhere, having never won a major international tournament before her Olympic gold.

Her victory says everything about how small the differences are in top... weiterlesen

Preview Women’s U52kg: Kuzyutina aiming for gold in Rotterdam

Natalia Kuzyutina (RUS) is just 20 years old, but already the current European Champion. In the final she beat Spain’s Ana Carrascosa, who won the World Cup in Madrid.

The Netherlands’ Kitty Bravik won the bronze at the European... weiterlesen

Preview Men’s U73kg: Can Soroka stop Ki-Chun Wang

Volodymyr Soroka (UKR) became European Champion in Tbilisi last April, while his opponent then, Dex Elmont (NED), can now gain tremendously from a vocal home crowd in a packed Sportspalace Ahoy in Rotterdam.

Belgium’s Dirk Van Tichelt won... weiterlesen

Van der Geest competes for Belgium

Elco van der Geest got his Belgian citizenship just in time. Although his preparation is not ideal, the 30-year old ‘Dutchman’ was busy for a long time to become Belgian with a long term goal for the 2012 Olympics.
Van der Geest lost the... weiterlesen

World Championships draw review

At Tuesday evening the draw took place in Rotterdam’s city hall. Very effectively and much faster than in the past the draw was as always extremely interesting for the attending coaches and media. The draw sheets delivered some interesting... weiterlesen

Preview Men's U66kg: Who can beat Uchishiba

Masato Uchishiba of Japan is without a doubt the heavy favourite to win the world title in the U66kg weight class at the World Championships in Rotterdam.
The gold medallist of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing is the only participant in... weiterlesen

Preview Women's U48kg: Dumitru and Jossinet again medal candidate

Olympic Champion Alina Dumitru (ROM) is the one to watch in the Women's U48kg category at the World Championships in Rotterdam.

After her title in Beijing she was forced to take a break because her coaching team felt she was at risk of burning... weiterlesen

Preview Men's U60kg: Olympic Champion CHOI (KOR) is the favourite

Although Min-Ho Choi (KOR) is the undisputed favourite to win the world title in the U60kg weight class at the World Championships in Rotterdam, there is still a lot of European influence.

The gold medallist of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing... weiterlesen

New EJU DC members unanimously approved

This week not only the World Championships takes place in Rotterdam. In advance of the World championships many conferences were held like the IJF Congress and the EJU Extra Ordinary Congress. In this congress a number of relevant decissions were... weiterlesen