Japan captures third straight mixed-team gold medal at world championships
Japan's judoka brought the curtain down on the world championships and brought the home crowd to its feet on Sunday by clinching their third-straight mixed-team gold medal. Japan clinched victory over France in the final when Shori Hamada avenged her loss in the women's 78-kg ...
Heavyweight Lukas Krpalek outmuscles Hisayoshi Harasawa in final at world championships
Czech giant Lukas Krpalek beat Hisayoshi Harasawa to capture the world heavyweight title on Saturday and fire a warning for next year's Tokyo Olympics. The hulking 28-year-old won half-heavyweight gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics and looked ominously strong after stepping up to the over-100-kg ...
Shori Hamada, Aaron Wolf reach podium but miss top spots at world championships
Defending champion Shori Hamada settled for the silver medal in the women's 78-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Friday, while 2017 men's 100-kg champion Aaron Wolf came away with a bronze. Hamada, who had won each of her first four matches by ippon, ...
Shoichiro Mukai falls just short of men's 90-kg division title at world championships
Shoichiro Mukai powered through the men's 90-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Thursday until losing in the final, while compatriot Chizuru Arai, the defending women's 70-kg champion, was knocked out early. In the men’s 90-kg final, Dutchman Noel van 't End scored ...
Shohei Ono nabs third world title; Tsukasa Yoshida claims silver
Reigning Olympic champion Shohei Ono won his third title in the men's 73-kg division at the World Judo Championships on Tuesday, while fellow Tsukasa Yoshida settled for silver in the women's 57-kg class. Ono defeated Azerbaijan's Rustam Orujov in the final with an uchimata inner-thigh ...
Japan beats France to retain mixed team title on final day of worlds
Japan earned a 4-1 victory over France to capture the mixed team event title for the second straight year and added an eighth gold medal to a 17-medal haul as the World Judo Championships wrapped up on Thursday. On the final day at National Gymnastics ...
Chizuru Arai defended her title at the World Judo Championships on Monday, becoming the first Japanese woman in 15 years to win back-to-back titles in the 70-kg division. Arai defeated Tbilisi Grand Prix winner Marie Eve Gahie of France in 90 seconds in the final ...
Abe siblings capture gold medals on same day at world championships
Uta Abe won her first World Judo Championships gold medal on Friday, while her brother Hifumi defended his men's under-66 kg title. Abe beat compatriot and defending champion Ai Shishime in the women's under-52 kg final. Abe won all five of her matches at the ...
Naohisa Takato defends under-60 kg title at world championships
Naohisa Takato earned his second straight gold medal and Funa Tonaki picked up a silver to boost Japan into an early lead at the World Judo Championships, which kicked off Thursday. Takato successfully defended his men's under-60 kg weight class title and became a three-time ...
Japan resumed its gold medal rush at the world championships on Friday, when Chizuru Arai won her weight division, while defending champion Mami Umeki grabbed silver in the women's 78-kg class. Arai won the women's 70-kg championship over Puerto Rico's Maria Perez. Arai secured her ...
Takanori Nagase failed to defend the men's 81-kg title at the World Judo Championships on Thursday, stopping Japan's medal run by making a fourth-round exit against Uzbekistan's Davlat Bobonov. Nagase, who won a bronze medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics last year, lost on ...
Soichi Hashimoto won the men's 73-kg gold medal at the world championships on Wednesday, when fellow worlds debutant Tsukasa Yoshida settled for silver. In his final, Hashimoto defeated Azerbaijan's Rustam Orujov, the silver medalist at last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Japan has now won ...
