France Judo Make First Stage Selections for Their Home Olympics / IJF.org

France Judo Make First Stage Selections for Their Home Olympics / IJF.org

It isn’t the whole team just yet but we now have the first selections for the home team for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Maybe there are no surprises here; each and every one of the selected French judoka has an outstanding pedigree. Women -48 kg Shirine Boukli Current double European champion and world medallist, … Read more

Preparing for the Top Level / IJF.org

Preparing for the Top Level / IJF.org

Leandra Freitas competed at the 2006 edition of the junior worlds in the Dominican Republic and a year later became junior European champion, before competing no less than 6 times at the senior world championships. She’s an athlete who really knows what it means to compete at this level. Now Leandra works in the Sport … Read more

Nigeria, Jamaica, South Africa: Women’s World Cup success stories shining light on inequality

Nigeria, Jamaica, South Africa: Women’s World Cup success stories shining light on inequality

Randy Waldrum was perhaps the only person in the room who was not surprised by what had just happened. As tens of thousands of shell-shocked Matildas fans filtered out of Lang Park in Brisbane, the Nigerian head coach walked casually into the post-game media conference, looked around at the wide-eyed journalists clamouring for answers, and took a … Read more