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Lausanne GS 2026
The Expert Eye

Few people understand sport and the media landscape quite as well as Gianni Merlo, President of the International ...

Lausanne GS 2026
A New Home, the Same Passion

New event, new country, new arena, new audience, but always the same enthusiasm! What do all World Judo ...

Olympic Movement
Judo Olympians Sign Their Names into Olympic History

The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne welcomed a very special ceremony ...

Lausanne GS 2026
Lausanne Opens an Historic New Chapter for Judo

The Ecole Mont-Olivet Lausanne Grand Slam 2026 is ready to open its doors.

Judo in Schools
Where Education and Judo Grow Together

In just a few days, the tatami of the Vaudoise Arena will echo with the ippons scored at the Ecole Mont-Olivet ...

Cadet WC 2026
Guayaquil World Cadet Mixed Team Medallists, in Pictures

The Guayaquil World Mixed Team Championship for Cadets capped two great weeks in Pan-America in style. ...

Cadet WC 2026
The Ecuadorian Adventure Has Ended With a Spectacular Cadet Mixed Team Final

The World Judo Tour has been in Pan-America for the last two weeks, first at the Lima Grand Prix and ...

Cadet WC 2026
From 8th Seed to Gold - Kazakhstan are Cadet Mixed Team Champions!

The preliminary rounds of the Guayaquil World Championships Cadets Mixed Teams 2026 delivered an extraordinary ...

Cadet WC 2026
Mixed Teams: Why Every Moment Matters

The mixed team event of the World Championships Cadets is underway in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and in only ...

Athlete Stories
Diyora Keldiyorova: Everything is Possible

In the summer of 2024, a young judoka, a girl from Samarkand not raised in any of the big cities of the ...

Cadet WC 2026
+90 kg: Adilzhan Zhaudinov Wins Kazakhstan’s Third Gold in Guayaquil

Adilzhan Zhaudinov (KAZ) began his day as the second seed, a position which should have given him a calm ...

Cadet WC 2026
+70 kg: Anna Zheleva Has the Gold

Kazakhstan, Canada and Japan all put barriers in the path of top seed Hatice Tuana Balci (TUR) but she ...