* Men and women compete in seven weight categories, ranging from under 60kg to over 100kg for men, and under 48kg to over 78kg for women. * Judo, meaning "gentle way", involves throwing or taking down ...

Women’s judo wasn’t allowed into the Olympics until 1988, after martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue the International Olympic Committee for discrimination. This helped earn her the ...

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 ...

Here’s everything you need to know about men’s and women’s Judo in the 2021 Olympics. Combat sports fans from around the world will be tuning in to see a variety of martial arts including Judo, Karate ...

Kosovo erupted in joy as Distria Krasniqi won a gold medal in judo, the second-ever Olympic medal for the small Balkan country. Krasniqi beat Funa Tonaki of Japan in the women’s 48-kilogram judo final ...

Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, a Coney Island scrapper who will always be remembered as the Mother of Woman’s Judo, has died following a prolonged bout with leukemia. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, ...

Following the staging of a successful seminar for women, the Lagos State Judo Association (LSJA) is aiming to encourage females to take up the sport for self-defense in the society. Speaking at the ...

Rena “Rusty” Kanokogi, a Coney Island scrapper who will always be remembered as the Mother of Woman’s Judo, has died following a prolonged bout with leukemia. She was 74. Her daughter, Jean Kanokogi, ...