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France’s Clarisse Agbegnenou danced in the aisles at the World Judo Championships in Budapest - but her switch to focus was instantaneous.

Glory for Georgia on Day Three of the Judo World Championships in Budapest and an epic battle between two Canadians

Discipline and determination result in another great day for Japan at the Judo World Championships in the Hungarian capital Budapest.

Japan and Russia show their class as the World Judo Championships get underway in Hungary.

It was the turn of the heavyweights on day 3 of the International Judo Federation Grand Slam in Kazan, Russia, the final event of this year’s tour. And the honours were evenly shared, with Japan, Russia, Germany, France and the Netherlands all picking up one gold apiece.

The home team is allowed to field four contestants per category on the World Judo Tour and Russia took full advantage on day two in Kazan.

Day one of the Kazan Grand Slam was packed with spectacular, high-action judo that delighted the fans allowed to return to the stands.

On the final day of the Antalya Grand Slam, it was the turn of the heavyweights to put on their show and Sweden’s Marc Nyman offered a masterclass in newaza, or floor-based judo.

Turkish athletes were out in force, displaying the incredible passion the home nation has for the sport of judo.

Japan’s Abe Hifumi is our man of the day. This was the 66kg double World Champion’s first outing on the tour since qualifying for the Olympics late last year and he flew through the preliminaries.

Day three of the Tbilisi Grand Slam had some spectacular moments to remeber. Three countries won two gold medals: Mongolia (third place), Canada (second place) and Georgia (first place), while 22 have medallists and 36 placed athletes in the final block.

Canada comes out strongly with two finalists, including a title, while Brazil and Belgium beat the odds in two still hotly contested categories.

Slick judo displays all around leave five countries with five gold medals at the close of day 1 at the International Judo Federation's 2021 Grand Slam in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Japan and Mongolia took most of this years' top spots in Tashkent but Uzbekistan clinched 2 silvers and a bronze. Local crowds were thrilled with strong performances from their home competitors and a weekend jam-packed with jaw-dropping judo mastery.

In another day filled with stunning displays of judo, the middleweights battled it out for victory on day two. Japanese judoka took home another two gold medals with Italy and Mongolia adding one each.

Get a daily wrap of the best bits from Judo's most hotly-anticiapted event, the Tashkent Grand Slam in Uzbekistan. Which world-class judoka will clinch this year's titles?

France’s European Champion Romane Dicko made yet another IJF World tour victory look almost easy

Day Two of the Tel Aviv Judo Grand Slam was a special day for International sport and for Israel, with all eyes on Saeid Mollaei

Grand Slam judo is back in Tel Aviv - and on the day it was the sport’s rising stars who made the biggest impact.

The heavyweights lined up for the final day of the Doha Masters, with 10-time World Champion Teddy Riner happy to be among them.

On day two of the 2021 World Judo Masters, our woman of the day was four-time World Champion Clarisse Agbegnenou, who was once again on top form, dispatching her early opponents in the under -63kg category with an incredible display of ura nages.

The opening event of the 2021 judo season is underway in Doha: the invitation-only World Masters, where the highest-ranked judokas in each weight category battle it out for top spot.

The 2020 version of the Budapest Grand Slam saw Russia end in apotheosis on the final round of the competition, as the fighters of Eastern Europe dominated the three men's categories of the day.

The second day of the Hungarian Judo Grand Slam was opened by Dr Gergely Gulyas, who introduced what proved to be an epic day of Judo.

In this episode of Judo Values, three judokas past and present talk about the principle of politeness and why it is so integral both in competition and life.