Athlete Role Model Ruben Houkes at the Olympics

Ruben Houkes was appointed by the IJF and by the IOC Athletes’ Commission as an Athlete Role Model (ARM) at the Youth Olympic Games, held in Singapore from August 14th – 26th, 2010.
The function of the ARMs in Singapore is to mentor the 3,600... Read more

Europe takes all Olympic medals U78kg: golden Belgian Lola Mansour

Belgian Lola Mansour believes she is taking home the best possible memento from the Youth Olympic Games; a gold medal.

Mansour ended the girls' judo events when she defeated Germany's Natalie Kubin with a Yuko in the golden score in the U78kg... Read more

Japanese Ryosuke Igarashi takes gold U100kg defeating Belgian Nikiforov

Japan's Ryosuke Igarashi made the most of his thorough preparation and an injured opponent to win gold in the boys U100kg category.
The Japanese defeated Belgian Toma Nikiforov in the final scoring a win via two yuko in what was a tight contest.... Read more

Korean Lee Jae Hyung wins gold in final seconds

With only seconds remaining and nearly resigned to defeat, Korea's Lee Jae Hyung pulled out one last attack to beat Russia's Khasan Khalmurzaev and take Olympic gold in the boys judo 81kg category.

The outcome of the match between the two... Read more

Japanese Miku Tashiro wins Olympic gold with simple strategy

Miku Tashiro kept her strategy simple but it proved a winning formula as the Japanese judoka won gold in the girls 63kg category on the second day of competition at the International Convention Centre.

Tashiro, who consigned Brazilian Flavia... Read more

Dedication delivers gold for American Katelyn Bouyssou; Austrian Huck 3rd

A daunting training regime helped to earn American Katelyn Bouyssou a gold medal in the girls -52kg judo on Sunday and secured the USA's 100 per cent success rate in judo events at the Youth Olympic Games.

Bouyssou defeated Russian Anna... Read more

Rio 2016 chief Carlos Nuzman praises Youth Olympic Games

Carlos Nuzman, head of the organising committee for the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games, has heaped praise on the Youth Olympics.
He declared that the inaugural event in Singapore will be the "future" of Olympic sports.
Nuzman, a keen judo... Read more

Vladimir Barta pleased with YOG organisation and level

Vladimir Barta, the IJF Head Sports Director, was really pleased at the end of the day: "The organization is perfect, even excellent, we can say," explained Vladimir. "I am also really happy to see so many countries fighting for medals, of course,... Read more

Czech David Pulkrabek wins gold in men's 55kg thriller

Czech judoka David Pulkrabek snatched a dramatic victory in the boys 55kg gold medal bout on Saturday, edging ahead of Uzbekistan's Mansurkhuja Muminkhujaev in golden score extra-time at the International Convention Centre.

The two competitors... Read more