Linz Grand Prix 2023 - Linz, Austria
Rio Olympic champion Fabio BASILE (ITA) is back – on the one hand physically, after a very complicated shoulder operation, on the other hand athletically in his “beloved – 66 kg category”. He returns to Turin from the GP in Linz with a (bronze) medal. Before that, he took time…
27 May 2023A perfect day for Shamil Borchashvili
Victory in front of Mama Marita’s eyesIt was – from the point of view of the Austrian hosts in Linz – the perfect happy ending. In the twelfth and last final match, local hero Shamil BORCHASHVILI (-81/seeded No. 1) won against the Ukrainian outsider Mykhailo SVIDRAK (UKR), 120th in the…
26 May 2023Glaring outsider Florian Doppelhammer recorded 4 wins
The 1.500 spectators in the TipsArena in LINZ (AUT) were treated to a lot of emotion on the first day of the Upper Austria Open. IJF athlete spokesperson and climate ambassador Sabrina FILZMOSER (-57), 42, competed for Judo Austria squad for the last tim eand celebrated a much acclaimed first…
25 May 2023Linz Grand Prix 2023 - Linz, Austria
Stefan KNEITINGER, CEO of IPPONGEAR, returned from the World Championships in Doha with a good feeling. The German private label came close to achieving a golden finish in Qatar, just as they did at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. In the end, IPPONGEAR athletes secured six medals – two silver…
24 May 2023Linz Grand Prix 2023 - Linz, Austria
After some great anticipation, we can officially say that the new addition to the IJF World Tour, the Upper Austria Grand Prix 2023, is about to be commence. Registered are 478 judoka from 75 nations travelling from across the globe to Linz to continue on their mission to claim those…
23 May 2023
Linz Grand Prix 2023