Naohisa Takato, Hifumi Abe, Shohei Ono, and Takanori Nagase had claimed judo gold on the men's side, while Uta Abe won gold, and Funa Tonaki silver for the women. Georgian 21-year-old judoka Lasha ...

The powerful move put Arai in the gold medal match, meaning Japan is guaranteed yet another judo medalist on home soil. Arai, the No. 3 seed in the 70kg class, will meet Austria's Michaela Polleres ...

Tbilisi Grand Slam kicked off with electrifying judo action. Mongolia’s Ganbaatar Narantsetseg, France’s Luka Mkheidze, and ...

PARIS--Right after Hifumi Abe violently threw his final opponent to the tatami and secured his second Olympic judo gold medal, he stood up and looked directly at his sister crying in the stands at ...

Japan and France also dominated the individual portion of the Olympic judo tournament once again in Paris. Japan won a Games-best three gold medals and seven total medals in Paris, while France ...

In front of a crowd mainly composed of locals hoping for a first judo gold for France, Nagase at first showed little emotion before finally waving to the audience when the speaker announced that ...

today’s judo showed why. Tomorrow is the middle- weights, with some big stars here to fight for gold.