2010/02/28 | 06:30 pm | in EJU
Korea shows strength in Prague
Many people expected the gold medal for Czech super talent Lukas Krpálek today in the U100kg class, but the Czech hope lost his quarter final match against Viacheslav Denysov (UKR) by a smart counter. Both judoka finally won the bronze. The title... Read more
2010/02/28 | 05:22 pm | in EJU
Warsaw perfect breeding ground for neo seniors
The World Cup in Warsaw was a great breeding ground for the neo-seniors who are trying to win a spot among the best fighters of Europe. The most talented women where gathered in Warsaw to measure who is ready to candidate for the European... Read more
2010/02/27 | 07:03 pm | in EJU
The international World Cup of Prague proves itself
Eleven different countries where seen on the podium today at the World Cup in Prague. What a variety in the final phase where only Korea took two medals today. In the final U73kg it was a complete Asian final with Gui-Man Bang from Korea and... Read more
2010/02/27 | 05:13 pm | in EJU
Belgian, Turkish and Romanian women continue the trend in Warsaw
What was a trend has now become the truth. Belgian judo again celebrates a victory at a World Cup and puts the lowland in the spot. This time Amelie Rosseneu was who took the second World Cup for Belgium of this year. In Sofia, end of January it... Read more
2010/02/25 | 06:06 pm | in EJU
Warsaw can be proud of World Cup history
Warsaw is a city with a long history of international judo. The Polish Open was held since 1962. Since 1989 the tournament received the A-status. The last time the best European women fought for the titles in Warsaw was two years ago in 2008 where... Read more
2010/02/25 | 01:39 pm | in EJU
Czech favourites Krpalek and Petrikov look forward to Prague World Cup
The tournament in Prague has traditionally been one of the premier judo tournaments in the world and names like Robert Van de Walle (BEL), Yoshiuki Matsuoka (JPN), Antal Kovács (HUN), Irakli Tsirekidze (GEO) or Tadahiro Nomura (JPN) are among... Read more
2010/02/24 | 11:36 am | in EJU
IJF World Ranking online
Georgii Zantaraia (UKR) is again the new leader in the U60kg weight class. After Zantaraia's victory at the Grand Prix of Düsseldorf last weekend, he topped Hiraoki Hiraoka (JPN) by 6 points.You can download the complete ranking below.
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2010/02/22 | 01:47 pm | in EJU
Tips for the best possible handling of the backnumbers
The self adhesive backnumbers are a success so far. However the backnumber were not always used in the correct way, which caused that the backnumber wasn’t sticky enough to stay in the correct place during the tournament. This is... Read more
2010/02/22 | 10:30 am | in EJU
German Federation thanks their athletes
The German Federation said goodbye to three of their top athletes. In break of the IJF Grand Prix of Düsseldorf the three Olympians received a big thank you from President Peter Frese. Annett Boehm was TV commentator during the Grand Prix and... Read more
Judo celebrates 24 countries to take medals at Grand Prix Düsseldorf
Heide Wollert set the Philipshalle in flame today when she beat Ruika Sato by ippon in the final U78kg of the Grand Prix in Düsseldorf. Wollert is now the most successful in World Cups on home ground. Wollert won her 18th World Cup medal in... Read more
