French Judo Blogs

Veteran judoka  Kyle Reyes  captured Canada’s fourth gold medal in judo on the final day of the Commonwealth Games. On Sunday in Glasgow, the Ontarian – who won silver at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games four years ago – bested Max Gregory of Great Britain by ippon in the under-100 kg gold medal showdown. The Canadian judo squad also collected a bronze medal on Sunday, thanks to  Coralie Godbout , who defeated Ishroop Narang of India in the under-78 kg category. In the over-100 kg... Read more

Canadian judokas added two more medals to their tally at the Commonwealth Games on Saturday in Glasgow.  Laurence Biron  (-63 kg) claimed the top spot on the podium after a closely fought bout, while  Guillaume Gaulin  (-90 kg), had to settle for silver after his loss in the gold medal match. In a long and challenging bout, Biron defeated Australia’s Saya Middleton in overtime in the gold medal round. After more than five minutes, adversary Middleton received a third penalty, thus ena... Read more

On the first day of judo competition Friday at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, three Canadian athletes stepped onto the podium for Canada.  Evelyn Beaton  (-52 kg) and  Julien Frascadore  (-66 kg) both earned themselves golds, while  Heidi Quach  (-48 kg) took home a silver. “With results like these, it’s extremely hard to ask for anything more – all the athletes really delivered,” said  Coach   Antoine Bouchard  at the start of the interview. “We knew all three judokas h... Read more

CLICK HERE to read all Judo Streaming Schedule: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/streaming-schedule?sport=Judo Live streams can be found on CBC Gem or on Web .  DIGITAL CONTENT Social Media (Instagram, X, Facebook and TikTok) Written Live story page will be up & running to keep fans posted on results and other editorial updates: https://www.cbc.ca/sports/commonwealthgames YouTube There will be a daily recap show Day 1-10 following the broadcast window on YouTube . This w... Read more

Judo Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of David Flecha Díez as National NextGen Coach. With extensive international experience as an athlete, coach, and strength and conditioning specialist, David will bring valuable expertise to the development of Canada’s next generation of athletes and to supporting judokas as they transition toward the senior high-performance level. Originally from Spain, David Flecha first built a strong career as a high-level judoka. A medallist on the S... Read more

Montréal, July 12, 2026 – Para-judoka  Priscilla Gagné  claimed another international podium this weekend, at the IBSA Judo Grand Prix Sao Paulo in Brazil. The Québec athlete earned a bronze medal in the Under 52 kg J1 category, which was won by local favorite, Brazil’s Rosicleide De Andrade. Gagné secured her medal by defeating Omnia Dawoud (Egypt) by ippon in her final match of the day. Earlier in the repechage, the Canadian team veteran had done the same to Indonesia’s Novia Larass... Read more

Montréal, July 12, 2026 – Team Canada’s judokas wrapped up the European Junior Cup tournament in Paks, Hungary, with a silver and a bronze medal Sunday. Today’s two medals are on top of the two bronzes won during yesterday’s bouts on the tatami. Sunday,  Rima Bourihane  (-52 kg) earned herself a silver medal after losing in the gold medal bout to Serbia’s Mina Gacic. In her last match of the day, the Québec-based judoka endured until the very end of the regulation four minutes – but h... Read more

Montréal, July 11, 2026 –  Carla Van Zyl  (-63 kg) and  Missy Jen Dorval Mbele  (-70 kg) both earned themselves bronze medals Saturday, at the Paks Junior European Cup taking place in Hungary. Van Zyl won her first two bouts before being halted in the quarter final by Portugal’s Maria Silveira. The Canadian then advanced through the repechage round, and with determination, fought her way all the way back to the bronze medal round. “It was a hard-fought match in the quarterfinals! A... Read more

Montréal, July 5, 2026 –  Artem Neyolov  was Canada’s only contender for a medal on day two of the Junior European Cup in Prague, Czechia. The Ontarian ultimately finished fifth on Sunday, following a heated battle against Brazil’s Silas Costa in the under-81 kg weight category. Following his semi-final loss to Azerbaijan’s Mehdi Abbasov—who went on to win gold—Neyolov turned his attention to the bronze-medal match, which went two minutes and 45 seconds into overtime before Silas scor... Read more

Montréal, July 4, 2026 – Canadian judokas will be taking home two medals after the opening day of the Prague, Czech Republic, European Junior Cup. Québec’s  Anes Mati  (-66 kg) had a very notable performance, winning silver in his first-ever junior competition in Europe. “As a cadet, he’s younger than everyone else—and he came here without any fears. He’s a surprising and very explosive athlete, so he used his strengths to make it all the way to the final,” noted his coach,  Antoin... Read more