Five continents competing at the World Cup in Rome

150 athletes from 45 countries representing 5 continents are ready to compete Saturday and Sunday on the tatami of Palafijlkam Ostia for the World Cup Rome.

At 300 days of the start of the Olympic Games in London, the appointment with the World... weiterlesen

38 countries and 192 judoka primed for GB World Cup in Liverpool

The 2011 GB World Cup will see 38 countries and 192 elite male judoka collide in two days of scintillating competition at the Echo Arena Liverpool on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October.

British Judo’s showpiece event is being held in Liverpool,... weiterlesen

Austria takes the double: Allerstorfer and Graf

Austria took its second gold medal at the European Junior Championships in Lommel. In the men’s heavyweight category Daniel Allerstorfer took gold in an exciting final against Levani Matiashvili of Georgia. After an attractive start both... weiterlesen

Germany rules in women's heavyweight category

Carolin Weiss won the European junior heavyweight title today in Lommel. Weiss defeated her well known trainingpartner Zita Notter by a splendid ippon. Since this year countries can compete with two competitors and Germany benefit optimal. None of... weiterlesen

Domenico Di Guida prolongs traditional Italian gold

Italian Domenico Di Guida was crowned European Champion U100kg.
In the final he defeated Feyyaz Yazici of Turkey by two yukos.
For Di Guida this was already his third European medal after he won bronze in 2009 and 2010. Last year he also won... weiterlesen

Steenhuis strikes back and takes gold for The Netherlands

Finally a gold medal for The Netherlands when Guusje Steenhuis won gold in the women’s U78kg European final.
Her opponent was the strong Russian Champion Alena Prokopenko. Guusje Steenhuis, coached by 2000 Olympic Champion Mark Huizinga had... weiterlesen

Khusen Khalmurzaev takes gold and copies brother Khasan

The final in the men’s U90kg category went to Russia. Khusen Khalmurzaev took the gold just like his brother Khasan did U81kg on Saturday. Earlier the brother Harutyunyan won the gold as brothers.
In the final there was no doubt that Khusen... weiterlesen

Khalmurzaev defeats Muensterberg and Toth to take the gold for Russia

An interesting final on paper in the men’s U81kg category between the two best countries in this pre-season. Germany won 25 gold medals, Russia 21.
Khasan Khalmurzaev and Max Muensterberg of Germany qualified for the final. Khalmurzaev won the... weiterlesen

Bernadette Graf ends eleven winless Austrian years

It took eleven years for Austria to win the European Junior title but Bernadette Graf scored a great ippon by sumi gaeshi.In 2000 Hilde Drexler won the last gold medal in Nicosia. In today’s women’s final U70kg Graf had one good control of the... weiterlesen