Here’s what you need to know about judo at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for ...

The 2024 Olympics will continue the tradition of including combat sports, but there is one sport that has been put on the chopping block this time around. A competitor wins a judo match by throwing ...

PARIS — Luka Mkheidze and Shirine Boukli won France's first two medals of the Paris Olympics in judo on Saturday night, with Mkheidze claiming silver and Boukli winning bronze. Mkheidze lost 1-0 to ...

PARIS (AP) — 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 ...

PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Frenchman Teddy Riner claiming his fifth Olympic gold medal in a dramatic mixed team final was the highlight of the judo competition and will go down as one of the great ...

PARIS, July 30 (Reuters) - Japan's Takanori Nagase retained the Olympic under 81kg judo title he won in Tokyo three years ago before Andreja Leski triumphed in the women's under 63kg final to hand ...

Olympian Adil Osmanov has experienced a tough break. The Moldovan judo star was in the process of reveling in his 2024 Paris Olympics bronze medal win against Italy's Manuel Lombardo July 29 when his ...

France’s Teddy Riner, the most successful judoka in Olympic history, will miss next month’s World Championships as he comes back from elbow surgery and prioritizes long-term preparation for a record ...

When did judo become an Olympic sport? The art of judo derives from the ancient Japanese martial art of jiu-jitsu. The credit for the formal founding of Judo, which means “the gentle way,” goes to Dr.