Iliadis (GRE) and Decosse (FRA) win EJU annual award for best judoka

On Saturday during the EJU Ordinary Congress in Kiev the EJU annual awards were given by various VIPS to representatives of athletes or the winners themselves.

Under the honoured guests IJF President Marius Vizer, premium sponsors and Top... Seguir leyendo

Toelzer Turns them over at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

It’s been some while in coming, but Andreas Toelzer +100kg (GER) is finally able to enjoy his first Grand Prix gold medal at the third attempt.
The heavyweight German delivered a crushing all-round performance that saw him win all five of his... Seguir leyendo

Russia dominates GP Abu Dhabi, Slovenia outperforms

Rasa Sraka of Slovenia was delighted with her gold medal U70kg at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Having narrowly missed out on qualifying for Beijing in 2008 her win here brings her one step closer to her goal of Olympic qualification for London 2012.... Seguir leyendo

Breitbarth completes Germany's golden fairytale

The final of the men’s heavyweight class was the ultimate German victory. Never give them a chance to fight back. Andre Breitbarth showcased the strength of German’s U23 generation when he came back from behind after Juhan Mettis led by... Seguir leyendo

Ceric wins silver with golden edge, but Germany takes it all

It could have been a great day for Bosnian judo, but winning silver after a thrilling final it was in fact already a great pleasure for Bosnia to have a finallist. Larisa Ceric already set the hall on fire when she defeated the reigning European... Seguir leyendo

Dino Pfeiffer wins European U23 title U100kg

Dino Pfeiffer made a good jump today. Last year he was left with empty hand in Antalya after finishing fifth, on Sunday he won the European U23 title in Sarajevo.
In his final against Polish Tomasz Domanski he took the lead after one minute.... Seguir leyendo

Hungarian Abigel Joo collects fifth European title

Abigel Joo has won the European U23 title in Sarajevo. Not surprisingly the European senior Champion was dominant in her class with all ippon victories. In the final she defeated Daria Pogorzelec of Poland.
With her strong physics she is hard to... Seguir leyendo

Aaron Hildebrand takes tenth German U23 European title

In the category U90kg Germany’s Aaron Hildebrand took the European U23 title on Sunday in Sarajevo. A great success for Germany’s coach Daniel Gürschner having three men in the final today and a great motivation that Hildebrand was able to... Seguir leyendo

Murat Khabachirov takes second Russian gold medal

The second Hungarian finalist today was Szabolcs Krizsán (HUN). Both countries are extremely successful in this age category and divide the most gold medals. A nice motivation in the background. But Murat Khabachirov was excellent today. The... Seguir leyendo