French youngsters take gold in Warsaw

France was the strongest nation at the men’s World Cup in Warsaw. The French won three gold medals in total as a result of today’s performances. Almost all medalists were European.
20-Year old Loic Pietri defeated Yannick Gutsche of Germany... Read more

China and France impress in Prague

Marie Pasquet has won a second gold medal for France this weekend at the women’s World Cup Prague. The Chinese women however were the most convincing country with thee titles in total.

Today Qin Qian, the Chinese runner-up of the World... Read more

McKenzie warming up for Olympic Games with first gold

Poland was close to winning two gold medals but in the end they were left with two silver at their own World Cup in Warsaw. Good old Krzysztof Wilkomirski lost by waza-ari against Benjamin Darbelet of France in the U73kg category. It was the... Read more

China and France lead the medal dance in Prague

China has won two gold medals at the World Cup in Prague.
The event organisers set a record with 41 Countries from all 5 continents and 247 athletes.
In the Czech capital the Chinese were represented in three out of four finals. The category... Read more

Prague preparing for strong women's World Cup

240 athletes from 40 countries have entered for the Prague World Cup tournament. The biggest ever participation in the history of women’s World Cup in Prague. Together with athletes from Europe the World Cup in Prague will see the teams from... Read more

EJU Reveals OTC support for top European judoka

The EJU Head Sports Director Densign White (in the picture) of the EJU has revealed the list of judoka who will be supported by the European Judo Union to participate in the next two OTC- Going for Gold camps in Nymburk 10-19 March (CZE) and Tata... Read more

IJF President on Growth, Reform and Survival as an Olympic Sport

Marius Vizer tells Around the Rings the addition of more major tournaments is chief among the changes that helped keep judo on the Olympic program.

Olympic Magazine Around the Rings caught up with the federation chief on the sidelines of this... Read more

Toelzer sets German crowd on fire

Andreas Toelzer has won the IJF Grand Prix in Düsseldorf. The German gave the crowd its first and only German win this weekend.
In the final he defeated former World and Olympic Champion Keiji Suzuki. Suzuki showed an extraordinary judo all day... Read more

Van Tichelt takes only European gold in Düsseldorf

Dirk van Tichelt has won the IJF GP of Düsseldorf. The Belgian fighter defeated Spanish Kiyoshi Uematsu in the final by decission. For Van Tichelt it meant his 3rd ever World Cup victory. For Uematsu the final was his return. Two years ago he won... Read more