This file photo shows Uta Abe, right, competing during the women's 52-kilogram final at judo's national championships at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on April 5, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo ...

Lee Hye-kyeong, right, competes in the round of 32 in the women's -48-kilogram judo contest at the 2024 Paris Olympics against Sweden's Tara Babulfath at the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris on Saturday.

Paula Pareto of Argentina wins Judo gold in the women’s 48kg, defeating Jeong Bo-kyeong of South Korea. The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro. Throughout ...

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games - Judo - Women -52 kg Gold Medal Contest - Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan - August 27, 2021. Abderrahmane Chetouane of Algeria in action against Priscilla Gagne of Canada.

After mustering only two medals at the Paris Olympics, the Japanese women's judo team faces a difficult road as it seeks to reassert its dominance at the world championships in June. Japan's ...