As France’s judo giants throw challenger after challenger ... Georgian competitor Guram Tushishvili shoves his foot into the French heavyweight’s groin, levering his unresisting opponent ...

the French Judo Federation announced Monday. Riner has not fought since the Paris Games last summer, where he won a third individual Olympic heavyweight title (+100 kg) and a second team gold.

The 35-year-old heavyweight defeated South Korea's Kim ... Japan to win its first mixed team tournament in Tokyo. The French judo team was already off to a hot start. Luka Mkheidze and Shirine ...

Five-time Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner will return to competition in the prestigious Grand Slam tournament in Paris on ...

PARIS--French judoka Luka Mkheidze credited a traditional ... after France defeated Japan in the Olympic mixed team judo final on Aug. 3. Mkheidze took home the silver medal in the men’s 60 ...

France claimed the judo gold medal in the first mixed team event ever held in the Games on Saturday, beating Japan 4-1 in the final and helping their heavyweight legend Teddy Riner add to his ...

"I'll strengthen weak muscles in addition to the neck and rebuild my foundation for fighting," said the son of two-time Olympic judo heavyweight champion Hitoshi Saito, who died of cancer in ...

Israel’s Or Sasson wins judo bronze in men’s heavyweight (+100kg), beating Cuba’s Alex Garcia Mendoza. The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro. Throughout ...

the French Judo Federation announced Monday. Riner has not fought since the Paris Games last summer, where he won a third individual Olympic heavyweight title (+100 kg) and a second team gold. The ...