Inside News
Vladimir Putin makes Russian team and himself smile on the mat
A smiling Putin took part in a training session on Thursday. Putin had a sparring with 2016 Olympic judo champion Beslan Mudranov in the resort city of Sochi, during which he injured one of the fingers on his right hand. The incident did not prevent Putin from continuing the training. Read more
Agbegnenou forced to take rest after tough golden final
The French crowd was pleased on Saturday with an excellent last final of the day between darling Clarisse Agbegnenou and Olympic Champion Tina Trstenjak, who gave it all to prevent Agbegnenou from winning her fifth victory. The will of Agbegnenou to win that fifth title was great and she gave 100% to beat her Slovenian opponent, but she paid a price. Read more
Japan on top of the medal table in Paris
It becomes a habit, when the Japanese team is announced, it is a safe bet that we will see them reach peaks. With 5 titles and 15 medals for 23 entries, we can speak of great success, despite the early defeat of Abe Hifumi, who skidded twice against the Italian Manuel Lombardo in the first round of the competition. Read more
Larisa Ceric lights Olympic flame at EYOF Winter Games
Bosnia Herzegovina judo star Larisa Ceric had a special reason for missing the Paris Grand Slam as the Bosnian star was selected to light the Olympic flame for the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) on Sunday 10 February. Read more
Italian youngsters show their potential in Follonica
The development of Italian judo is going fast. Not only at senior and junior level but also at cadet level Italy excels, especially in the girls division. At the Cadet European Cup in Follonica Italy claimed six gold medals. With fourteen medals Italy won the medal table. The girls won nine medals and four gold medals. Russia was the strongest among the young men. Read more
Kim Sung-Min rejoins the world’s heavyweight elite
Asian Games gold medallist Kim Sung-Min (KOR) conquered Olympic silver medallist Harasawa Hisayoshi (JPN) by ippon with an o-soto-gari to win gold in the last contest of the 2019 Paris Grand Slam. Kim has toiled of late and had been surpassed by a new generation of heavyweights but showed he can still mix it with the best and renewed his place among the sport’s top heavyweights. Read more
Georgian great Liparteliani completes Paris hat-trick
Olympic and world silver medallist Varlam Liparteliani (GEO) held up three fingers to signify his third win at at the Paris Grand Slam. Former world champion Wolf Aaron (JPN) was caught with a uchi-mata for a waza-ari score and Georgia’s captain fantastic held on to win his country’s first gold medal at the first Grand Slam of the year. Read more
- 10 Feb 2019Once a World Champion, always world class. Gwak wins Paris
- 10 Feb 2019Dominic Ressel books historic German victory
- 10 Feb 2019Madeleine Malonga celebrates gold with Bercy
- 10 Feb 2019Cuban legend Idalys Ortiz wins maiden Paris crown
- 10 Feb 2019Japan’s Yoko Ono beats France’s Pinot to gold
- 10 Feb 2019Neil Adams Awarded 9th Dan
- 9 Feb 2019Christa Deguchi defeats Jessica Klimkait in all-Canadian final
- 9 Feb 2019Five-star Clarisse Agbegnenou has to give it all to Trstenjak
- 9 Feb 2019Soichi Hashimoto digs deep for Paris win
- 9 Feb 2019Ai Shishime wins third Grand Slam title
- 9 Feb 2019Surprise Denis Vieru claims Moldova’s first Grand Slam crown
- 9 Feb 2019Naohisa Takato undefeated in Paris after 20 contests and 4 gold medals
- 9 Feb 2019Ami Kondo finally wins Grand Slam Paris
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