By Mark Pickering IJF Russia finish on top at home 10 countries claimed gold at #JudoRussia2019 FINAL RESULTS: WOMEN -78kg: Grand Slam debutant provides Japan with first gold medal in Ekaterinburg Tunis Grand Prix winner IZUMI Mao (JPN) won her country’s first gold medal at the Ekaterinburg Grand Slam 2019 with victory over double Olympic bronze medallist Mayra AGUIAR (BRA) …
FINAL RESULTS: WOMEN -78kg: Germany’s WAGNER records first IJF World Judo Tour win Düsseldorf Grand Slam silver medallist Anna Maria WAGNER (GER) edged out Tel Aviv Grand Prix silver medallist Loriana KUKA (KOS) to win the -78kg gold medal. WAGNER secured her first IJF gold after taking silver at her home Grand Slam last month. A single waza-ari score was …
Kalonga’s Drive brings him a First By Christian Pierre at the International Judo Federation Cedrick Kalonga (-81kg) from the Democratic Republic of Congo and 223rd on the World Ranking wrote some personal judo history today in Düsseldorf. Kalonga (COD) vs. Ungvari (HUN) Cedrick has been traveling the IJF World Tour since November 2017 when he debuted at the 2017 The …
As countdown clock closes in on 500 days to go until the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games what does the current landscape in the race for the Olympic qualification look like? The story so far with 13 events down The road to Tokyo 2020 officially started in May 2018 with the Hohhot Grand Prix in China. Japan put down a marker …