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Part 6 in a six-part series on the World Judo Championships that run from Sept. 9-13 at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo.
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These days, lightweight female judoka throughout the world are analyzing two Japanese champions in a bid to take them down.
The reigning champions--Tomoko Fukumi in the 48-kg category and Misato Nakamura in the 52-kg…
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(Tokyo, Japan) – Twenty-year-old Kayla Harrison (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE) advanced to the semifinals of the 78kg division today at the Senior World Championships.
Harrison will fight 2009 World…
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BY YOSHIKI YAMADA THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Part 5 in a series on the World Judo Championships that get under way
Sept. 9-13 at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Keiji Suzuki (TORU FURUKAWA/ THE ASAHI SHIMBUN)
The Beijing Olympics are a bitter memory for Keiji Suzuki, the Japanese judoka who had been favored to win gold in the…
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It's been a tough road for judoka Hiroaki Hiraoka.
After Tadahiro Nomura won the 60-kilogram gold medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Games, Hiraoka was expected to follow in Nomura's winning…
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Part 3 in a series on the World Judo Championships that get under way Sept. 9-13 at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo.
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Last month, the judo world lost one of its true giants when Anton Geesink died at age 76.
The towering 198-centimeter Dutchman defeated Japan's Akio Kaminaga to win the gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics,…
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Part 2 in a series on the World Judo Championships that get under way Sept. 9-13 at Yoyogi Gymnasium in Tokyo.
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In Japan, where judo originated, female judoka have been putting up some impressive results while their male counterparts have struggled in international competitions. But just 30 years ago, female Japanese judoka…
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Japan's men's judo coach Shinichi Shinohara is hoping a pair of gold medals will set the tone for a successful World Judo Championships for the host country in Tokyo next month.
Tokyo is staging the Sept. 9-13 event at Yoyogi National Gymnasium for the first time in 52 years and Japan will be looking for a major improvement from its men's…
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Former Olympic gold medalist Kosei Inoue, who has been studying in Britain, said Thursday he will act as one of the coaches for the men's team for the World Judo Championships
The meet begins next week in Tokyo.
Inoue, who won the men's 100-kg title at the Sydney Olympics, retired from the sport two years ago and has been in…
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France's 21-year-old judo phenomenon Teddy Riner is busy rewriting his sport's record books and aiming this week to…
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BY YOSHIKI YAMADA THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
2010/09/04
If looks could kill. Men's judo national team coach Shinichi Shinohara wears a stern look after Takashi Ono was eliminated from last year's World Championships in Rotterdam. (ASAHI SHIMBUN FILE PHOTO)
This is Part 1 in a series on the World Judo Championships, which get under way Sept. 9-13 at Tokyo's Yoyogi Gymnasium.
The men's…
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