The president of the Russian Judo Federation, Sergey Soloveychik, is still unsure about the status of Russian judokas at Paris 2024. In December 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be able to compete at Paris 2024 as neutral athletes.

France wrapped up the Paris Grand Slam with two super heavyweight gold medals, and one of them was truly historic. Living legend, three-time Olympic and 11-time world champion Teddy Riner stepped onto the tatami as the main gold medal contender, and he didn't disappoint the crowd.

Clarisse Agbegnenou continued her dominance in the women's 63 kg weight category, once again demonstrating her ambitions in front of her home crowd at the Judo Paris Grand Slam 2024.

Shirine Boukli, Faiza Mokdar and Luka Mkheidze delighted the home crowd on the first day of the Judo Paris Grand Slam 2024.

The heavyweight judokas were in action in the final days of the Judo Grand Prix Portugal, the first major event of 2024, which ended this Sunday in Odivelas, a city in the north of the Greater Lisbon area.

The second day of the Judo Grand Prix of Portugal was more successful for the European judokas, who took three gold medals out of four, while the young Japanese team added a second gold medal to its tally.

Uzbekistan won two gold medals on the first day of the Grand Prix Portugal 2024 in Odivelas. World Championships 2023 silver medallist Dilshodbek Baratov was the best in the men's -60 kg category.

Retired Cuban judo and Olympian Maricet "La Mole" Espinosa has died at the age of 34, according to NBC News.

The 2024 Odivelas Grand Prix in Portugal will kick off the Olympic year for judokas. Many of the world's strongest athletes will be in Portugal to earn qualification points and improve their position in the Olympic rankings.

The EJU's top executive - President László Toth, Senior Vice-President Otto Kneitinger, Vice-Presidents Sergei Aschwanden, Hrvoje Lindi, Secretary General Martin Poiger and General Treasurer Envic Galea - met in Budapest for a two-day Bureau meeting just in time for the start of the 2024 World and European Tour season.

Dozens of judo coaches and referees from around the world gathered together in Gyor, Hungary over the weekend for the IJF Refereeing and Coaching Seminar, organised in cooperation with the European Judo Union.

The Veterans and Kata World Championships will be held in Las Vegas in 2024. The announcement was made by Denis Weisser, Chairman of the IJF Veterans Commission.

The world's judo elite met for the 30th time in Mittersill (Austria) from 8 to 16 January. Judokas from 58 nations, including the entire Austrian Olympic Team of 90 athletes - including Tokyo medallists Michaela Polleres and Shamil Borchashvili - came to the small town.

Two time Olympic champion Lukas Krpalek started the preparation for the Olympic year in Mittersill at the huge training camp that is held every year.

The President of the International Judo Federation, Marius Vizer, was in Mittersill (Austria) for the big training camp, where he also spoke about the Olympic year. He hopes that Paris 2024 will take place in a peaceful atmosphere and wishes the European athletes the best of luck.