Daily Review World Championships - Day 5

Two overwhelming favourites and a newcomer to the top of the podium provided a fitting end to the Judo World Championship in Rotterdam here Sunday.

China’s TONG Wen in the Women’s +78kg and Teddy Riner of France in the Men’s +100kg were... Read more

Interview World Champion +100kg Teddy Riner (FRA)

Teddy Riner seems to be unbeatable if he attends at World Championships. He has now won 16 World Championships matches in a row since 2007 and a complete clean sheet in three events.
On Sunday he defeated Oscar Brayson from Cuba in the final.... Read more

Daily Review World Championships - Day 4

In the women’s -78kg category the host country eventually won their long awaited gold medal. But Marhinde Verkerk (NED) had to go the extra mile for it. After wins over Jeong Gyeong-Mi (KOR) and Alena Eiglova (CZE) she had to deal with Celine... Read more

Interview World Champion U78 Marhinde Verkerk (NED)

Marhinde Verkerk won the 11th ever World Title of The Netherlands today in the Weight class U78kg in Rotterdam.

Verkerk couldn’t believe her performances: “It’s absolutely fantastic! I had a good feeling about this for weeks. I have... Read more

Recordbreaker Teddy Riner ready to bounce back from Beijing heartbreak

Recordbreaker Teddy Riner (FRA) is the youngest ever world champion, the current open world champion, and the current junior world champion. Despite this amazing domination, Riner will have to deal with some strong opposition. His loss to Abdullo... Read more

Preview Women’s O78kg: Excellent field of participants with two outstanding performers

Wen Tong (CHN) and Maki Tsukada (JPN) are old rivals and will probably meet again at the world championships in the plus weight category. Tong beat Tsukada twice at previous world championships, in the semi final of 2005 and the final of 2007.... Read more

Preview Men’s U100kg: European fighters face Takamasa Anai

Home favourite Henk Grol (NED) should be one of the strongest fighters in the competition, but his injury is expected to limit his chances. He was outstanding at the 2008 Olympic Games but made one mistake against Askhat Zhitkeyev (KAZ) and... Read more

Interview Ivan Nifontov (RUS) after his world title U81kg

Ivan Nifontov (RUS) had his greatest day ever to win the World Title in the final of the -81kg division at the 2009 World Judo Championships on Friday. He is one of four male judoka who ever won the World- and European title in one year.... Read more

Daily Review World Championships - Day 3

A spectacular bout which lasted over the full competition time plus another full five minutes of Golden Score might have had major influence on the final results in the women´s 63kg category.






Review U63kg:
A spectacular bout... Read more