Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Men's 73kg - Medal Ceremony - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 26, 2021. Gold medallist Shohei Ono of Japan receives his gold medal from International Olympic ...

They both won gold on the same day in their home Tokyo Olympics, and both won world championships in each of the two years since 2021 ... celebrities in Japan and in the judo world with their ...

Chizuru Arai is the latest Japanese judoka to ... 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 ...

Japan, the birthplace of judo, dominates the all-time Olympic medal table. Japan's 48 gold medals and 96 medals overall are far and away the most of any country. France (16 gold medals, 57 total ...

For these athletes at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games, the high emotion of the Olympics is written all over their faces.

Japanese judoka Uta Abe said Wednesday, ahead of her first competition since her shock second-round loss at the Paris Olympics, she wants to start from scratch as a challenger. The 52-kilogram gold ...

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Judo - Women's 52kg - Medal Ceremony - Nippon Budokan - Tokyo, Japan - July 25, 2021. Gold medallist Uta Abe of Japan celebrates REUTERS/Hannah Mckay Japan’s superstar ...

and the Yunusabad Sport Complex was packed with judo crazy fans who came to witness one of the nation’s favourite sports, now especially popular after Diyora Keldiyorova’s historic Olympic ...