Japan has dominated judo competition at the Tokyo Olympics, and Aaron Wolf added to the host country’s success by winning its eighth judo gold medal at the Games.

TOKYO — Yosh Uchida made a promise to Colton Brown in 2016, right after Brown competed in judo for the United States at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics: Qualify for the 2020 Games in Tokyo and I’ll be ...

TOKYO: The International Judo Federation (IJF) on Wednesday issued a "serious official warning" to a German judo coach after he was seen slapping and shaking judoka Martyna Trajdos ahead of her Round ...

Judo is coming home at the Tokyo Olympics, and the Japanese team is under a world of pressure. Fortunately for the host nation, this powerhouse group of athletes is eager to rise to the momentousness ...

TOKYO — Judo fighter Teddy Riner lost in the Olympic quarterfinal to the top-ranked judo athlete in their class in the world – and it was considered one of the biggest upsets in the history of his ...

About an hour before her first Olympic fight, Nefeli Papadakis jogged alone around the Nippon Budokan, the revered arena where all of judo’s biggest names have competed. She has traveled by herself to ...

La alemana Malaika Mihambo celebra ganar la medalla de oro en la final de salto de longitud femenino en el Estadio Olímpico el 3 de agosto de 2021 en Tokio. Denis Maksymilian Kudla del equipo de ...

TOKYO — Early on the last day of his judo career, Colton Brown climbed high into the Nippon Budokan’s stands. He needed to be alone with the world’s most prestigious judo arena. For 20 years, Brown ...

Olympics viewers were left stunned after German athlete Martyna Trajdos was shaken and slapped in the face by her coach before a Judo fight. It came prior to her elimination in a round of 32 fight ...

When Gabriella Wood was a young girl at primary school in the Caribbean she was bullied by her classmates due to her large build and being taller than everyone else. Did you know with a Digital ...

Host countries often outperform at the Olympics, and Japan wasted no time capturing its first gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games, appropriately enough in judo, a sport the Japanese dominate. On the ...

TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) - Naohisa Takato delivered the first gold medal of the Tokyo Games for a host nation desperate for Olympic glory by winning the men's 60 kg judo, a sport fittingly born in ...