Giving back to the sport is often an athlete's goal. But normally, athletes do that after they've passed their peak. Rarely ...

Heading into the Paris Olympics this summer, the French are holding their own with Japan as the top judo powerhouse in the world and even hold bragging rights in the number of participants nationwide.

Read the following text, and answer questions 1-9 below: [1] Japan is the home of judo but a brutal win-at-all-costs mentality, corporal punishment and pressure to lose weight are driving large ...

France claimed the judo gold medal in the first mixed team event ever held in the Games on Saturday, beating Japan 4-1 in the final and helping their heavyweight legend Teddy Riner add to his ...

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 ...

MOSCOW, December 13 /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is looking forward to his Japanese trip because of his great interest in that country and judo, which he described as his ...

Japanese judoka Haruka Funakubo gives an interview in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2024. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Not satisfied with her bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, Japanese judoka Haruka Funakubo is ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Women's 52kg - Medal Ceremony - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Gold medallist Uta Abe of Japan celebrates REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Japan’s superstar ...

Japanese judoka Uta Abe said Wednesday, ahead of her first competition since her shock second-round loss at the Paris Olympics, she wants to start from scratch as a challenger. The 52-kilogram gold ...

Day 1 of the 2025 OTP Group Tashkent Grand Slam, and the Yunusabad Sport Complex was packed with judo crazy fans who came to witness one of the nation’s favourite sports, now especially popular after ...