PARIS, July 28 (Xinhua) -- Japan's judo veteran Hifumi Abe successfully defended his Olympic title in the men's 66kg category at Paris 2024, while Diyora Keldiyorova of Uzbekistan claimed the ...
Japan, the birthplace of judo, dominates the all-time Olympic medal table. Japan's 48 gold medals and 96 medals overall are far and away the most of any country. France (16 gold medals, 57 total ...
Japan regularly dominates the Olympics judo medal table, but federation president Yasuhiro Yamashita told Agence France-Presse that the values of the sport are being lost as parents and coaches ...
Japanese judo heavyweight Tatsuru Saito will be driven by the memory of his famous father when he goes for Paris Olympic gold. Hitoshi Saito was a judo great who triumphed at consecutive Olympics ...
The man who coached the very first U.S. Olympic team in judo in ... His parents encouraged him to take up judo as a way of teaching him a bit about Japanese culture. He enrolled in the engineering ...
They give me energy so I can perform properly throughout the day,” said Mkheidze, 28, after France defeated Japan in the Olympic mixed team judo final on Aug. 3. Mkheidze took home the silver ...
The International Judo Federation has decided to reintroduce the score of yuko for the first time since 2017 as part of rule changes announced Friday, made toward the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and ...
Five-time Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner will return to competition in the prestigious Grand ... Surprise Olympic silver medalist Joan-Benjamin Gaba, one of the heroes of the team final against ...
One strong foundation of Japan-Canada relations has been the role of sports. So, today I would like to talk about judo. It is still fresh in our memory that at this year’s Paris Olympics ...