Throw To Tokyo
Do you want to admire technique? To have fun? To enjoy Judo by all means? Click on the videos below to see the winners of the 2019 IJF contest “Throw to Tokyo”.
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Fact of the day
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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A century ago this week, the 1920 Olympics opened in Antwerp. The First World War and the Spanish flu pandemic meant putting on the Games was a massive challenge and, as Philip Barker reports, there are parallels with the huge task of re-organising Tokyo 2020.
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