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... Seguir leyendo

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... Seguir leyendo

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... Seguir leyendo

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... Seguir leyendo

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... Seguir leyendo

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... Seguir leyendo

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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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... Seguir leyendo

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... Seguir leyendo