Preview Day5: Europe's golden day?

One of the weightclasses where Europe expects a gold medal in the U90kg for men. But it’s not easy for Ilias Iliadis to deal with the pressure. He is the World Champion and the 2004 Olympic Champion, in another era, another weight class. The... Seguir leyendo

Urska Zolnir claims historic Olympic title

What a day for European judo at day four of the Olympic Games. Again Europe takes a medal. On Tuesday it was Urska Zolnir of Slovenia who’s Europe’s pride. Žolnir defeated XU Lili of China in the final U63kg.
Gevrise Emane of France won the... Seguir leyendo

Zolnir going for gold in women’s U63kg

Two European judoka in the semi finals U81kg at day four of the Olympic Games judo tournament. Ole Bischof can do it again, after his 2008 Olympic title. He is successfully defending his title and is in the semi final against the American Travis... Seguir leyendo

Olympic Preview Day4: Europe challenges Asian favourites

What a day at 31 July when Ole Bischof will defend his Olympic title. He is one of the eight reigning 2008 Olympic champions who will compete in London. Bischof who’s grown to a personality in Germany will be getting a hard time as he will face... Seguir leyendo

Mansur Isaev brings Russia second Olympic title

Another Russian Olympic champion at day three of the Olympic Games. Mansur Isaev was the winner of the men’s category U73kg in the ExCel on Monday. The Russian defeated Riki Nakaya in a fantastic competitive final. After Saturday’s Olympic... Seguir leyendo

Final phase at day 3 of the Olympics

We are reaching the final zone of the today’s weight categories U57kg and U73kg. The greatest upset today was the loss of Telma Monteiro (POR) in one of the first fights of the day against the surprising revelation Marti Malloy who defeated a... Seguir leyendo

Olympic Preview Day3: Portuguese aim for immortality

The women’s weight class U57kg has always been European. However there’s one judoka who dominated everyone: Kaori Matsumoto from Japan. Not many can beat her: Ioulietta Boukouvala (GRE) did once this Olympic cycle, Hedvig Karakas (HUN) did,... Seguir leyendo

Lasha Shavdatuashvili continues Georgian Olympic history

Europe has won a gold medal again. Who would have thought that 20-year youngster Lasha Shavdatuashvili would take the Olympic title? He did and Peter Seisenbacher his coach did and the fantastic Georgian supporters who almost made more noise than... Seguir leyendo

Sensational semi finals at second day

What a surprises today in the men’s U66kg and women’s U52kg. In one his first match Musa Mogushkov of Russia, one of the major favourites in the men division lost his first match dramatically against Tarlan Karimov of Azerbaijan.

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