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Here’s everything you need to know about men’s and women’s Judo in the 2021 Olympics. Combat sports fans from around the world will be tuning in to see a variety of martial arts including Judo, Karate ...
A second judo athlete has dropped out of the Olympics before facing an Israeli in the 73-kilogram division — just days after another opponent withdrew for political reasons. Sudan’s Mohamed ...
An Algerian Olympian chose to go home Friday rather than potentially face an Israeli opponent. Fethi Nourine, who competes in judo’s 73 kg. division, withdrew to avoid a possible matchup with Tohar ...
A judo coach shook his Olympian and slapped her around the face to try to fire her up. Martyna Trajdos went on to lose her 63-kilogram bout at the Tokyo Games. She later joked that it must have been ...
Algerian judo athlete Fethi Nourine says he has chosen to withdraw from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics rather than face an Israeli competitor. Nourine told Algeria’s Echourouk TV that he “decided to withdraw ...
Friba Rezayee made history in 2004 when she became one of the first two Afghan women to compete at the Olympic Games. When the judoka competed in Athens, her father and one of her brothers told her it ...