LONDON — It was over in little more than a minute, but it will go down as one of the most memorable moments of the London Games. A young Saudi judo fighter’s decisive defeat on the mat Friday is being ...
DENVER—Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, known as the “Mother of Judo” partly for her role in bringing women’s judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, said she died Saturday ...
It's time for StoryCorps and a look at an Olympic pioneer in women's judo. It's a sport that wasn't allowed at the Olympics until 1988 when martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue. She ...
PARIS, July 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Natsumi Tsunoda won the gold medal in the women's under 48 kg judo at the Paris Olympics on Saturday, while Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan won gold in the men's under ...
A roadmap to follow for the men’s and women’s judo tournaments during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Athletes to watch Teddy Riner, France: The world’s most famous active judoka attempts to ...
Ma Zhenzhao of Team China attend the awarding ceremony for Judo Women's 78kg Category Gold Medal Contest at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province, Sept. 26, 2023. [Photo/VCG ...