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A roadmap to follow for the men’s and women’s judo tournaments during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris.
In this week's StoryCorps, we hear about a pioneer who helped women's judo become an Olympic sport.
Women’s judo Olympic champion Kayla Harrison will do a judo demonstration and a question and answer session at 3 p.
A young Saudi judo fighter's decisive defeat on the mat Friday is being hailed as a victory for women in the conservative Gulf kingdom, a step that would have seemed unimaginable if thousands of ...
A corner on the Coney Island Boardwalk may soon be co-named in memory of a pioneer for women’s sports — also known as the “mother of women’s judo.” Community Board 13 voted Tuesday to ...
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, ...
For the first time since 1989, the Fresno State Judo Club has claimed a national title thanks to the women's team.
It's time for StoryCorps and a look at an Olympic pioneer in women's judo. It's a sport that wasn't allowed at the Olympics until 1988 when martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue ...
In this week's StoryCorps, we hear about a pioneer who helped women's judo become an Olympic sport.
It's time for StoryCorps and a look at an Olympic pioneer in women's judo. It's a sport that wasn't allowed at the Olympics until 1988 when martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue ...
In this week's StoryCorps, we hear about a pioneer who helped women's judo become an Olympic sport.