Teddy Riner of France, who has become an extraordinary legend at just 26, celebrates winning his eighth World title during the 2015 Astana World Judo...
Combination made with file pictures on September 3, 2017 in Paris, shows French judoka Teddy Riner celebrating after each of his nine world titles....
Gold medalist Mami Umeki of Japan celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Women's -78kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo...
Mami Umeki of Japan and Anamari Velensek of Slovenia compete in the Women's -78kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau...
Mami Umeki of Japan and Anamari Velensek of Slovenia compete in the Women's -78kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau...
Mashu Baker of Japan throws Krisztian Toth of Poland during the Men's -90kg Repechage first round during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at...
Chizuru Arai of Japan reacts after her defeat by Ippon in the Women's -70kg bronze medal match against Fanny Estelle Posvite of France during the...
Chizuru Arai of Japan reacts after her defeat by Ippon in the Women's -70kg bronze medal match against Fanny Estelle Posvite of France during the...
Fanny Estelle Posvite of France throws Chizuru Arai of Japan to win by Ippon in the Women's -70kg bronze medal match during the 2015 Astana World...
Mami Umeki of Japan throws Daria Pogorzelec of Poland in the Women's -78kg semi final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau Ice...
Ryunosuke Haga of Japan and Cyrille Maret of France compete in the Men's -100kg semifinal during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau...
Megumi Tachimoto of Japan and Ksenia Chibisova of Russia compete in the Women's +78kg semifinal match during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships...
Ryu Shichinohe of Japan and Adam Okruashvili of Georgia compete in the Men's +100kg semifinal during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the...
Ryunosuke Haga of Japan celebrates winning gold in the Men's -100kg final against Karl-Richard Frey of Germany during the 2015 Astana World Judo...
Ryunosuke Haga of Japan celebrates winning gold in the Men's -100kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau Ice Palace on...
Kanae Yamabe of Japan and Ksenia Chibisova of Russia compete in the Women's +78kg bronze medal match during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships...
Yu Song of China celebrates while Megumi Tachimoto of Japan shows her dejection after the Women's +78kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo...
Gold medalist Ryunosuke Haga is seen on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Men's -100kg during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the...
Ryu Shichinohe of Japan and Teddy Riner of France compete in the Men's +100kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau Ice...
Ryu Shichinohe of Japan and Teddy Riner of France compete in the Men's +100kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau Ice...
Teddy Riner of France celebrates while Ryu Shichinohe of Japan dejected after the Men's +100kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships...
Ryu Shichinohe reacts after being beaten in the Men's +100kg final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau Ice Palace on August...
Silver medalist Megumi Tachimoto of Japan, gold medalist Yu Song of China and bronze medalist Kanae Yamabe of Japan pose on the podium at the medal...
Gold medalist Teddy Riner of France celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Men's +100kg during the 2015 Astana World Judo...
Silver medalist Ryu Shichinohe is seen on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Men's +100kg during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at...
Misato Nakamura of Japan and Urantsetseg Munkhbat of Mongolia compete in the Women's Team semi final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships...
Chizuru Arai of Japan and Tserennadmid Tsend-Ayush of Mongolia compete in the Women's Team semi final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships...
Japanese judoka celebrate winning the semi final after beating Mongolia in the Women's Team semi final during the 2015 Astana World Judo...
Japanese judoka celebrate winning the semi final after beating Mongolia in the Women's Team semi final during the 2015 Astana World Judo...
Shohei Ono of Japan throws Igor Wandtke of Germany in the Men's team semi final against Germany during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at...
Kengo Takaichi, Shohei Ono, Goki Maruyama, Takeshi Ojitani and Yuya Yoshida of Japan celebrate winning the Men's team semi final against Germany...
Misato Nakamura of Japan throws Karolina Pienkowska of Poland compete in the Women's Team final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at...
Miku Tashiro of Japan and Anna Borowska of Poland compete in the Women's Team final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau Ice...
Japanese judoka celebrate winning the gold after beating Poland in the Women's Team final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau...
Kanae Yamabe, Chizuru Arai, Miku Tashiro, Auzu Yamamoto and Misato Nakamura of Japan celebrate winning the gold after beating Poland in the Women's...
Masashi Ebinuma of Japan and An Baul of South Korea compete in the Men's team final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau Ice...
Takeshi Ojitani of Japan and Kim Sung-min of South Korea compete in the Men's team final during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the Alau...
Gold medalists Team Japan celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Women's Team during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the...
Takeshi Ojitani, Masashi Ebinuma, Riki Nakaya and Takanori Nagase of Japan celebrate winning the gold after beating South Korea in the Men's Team...
Gold medalists Team Japan celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Men's Team during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships at the...
Ryunosuke Haga, Takanori Nagase, Shohei Ono, Misato Nakamura, Kaori Matsumoto and Mami Umeki pose for photographs a day after the 2015 Astana World...
Shohei Ono, Misato Nakamura, Takanori Nagase, Kaori Matsumoto, Ryunosuke Haga and Mami Umeki pose for photographs a day after the 2015 Astana World...
Olympic champion, Kaori Matsumoto of Japan, here looking as though she is practising Tai-Chi, defeated Chen-Ling Lien of Chinese Taipei by an ippon...
The German women's team defeated the Mongolian team 3:2 to win the bronze medal. L-R: Mareen Kraeh, Miryam Roper, Martyna Trajdos, Szaundra Diedrich...
World champion, Urantsetseg Munkhbat of Mongolia is stunned after being thrown for an ippon by Mareen Kraeh of Germany. Eventually the German team...
The German men's team with Sebastian Seidl in front defeated the Chinese team 3:2 during the 2015 Astana World Judo Team Championships at the Alau...
With the score level in the final men's team match, Takeshi Ojitani of Japan had to beat Sung-Min Kim of Korea and did so by a single shido to give...
Sebastian Seidl of the German team threw Charles Chibana of Brazil for a wazari in extra time to win the contest with Germany winning 3:2 but missing...
Automne Pavia of the French team defeated Tatiana Kazenyuk of Russia by an ippon with a hold during the 2015 Astana World Judo Team Championships at...
Over 78kg gold medallist, Song Yu of China during the 2015 Astana World Judo Championships on day 5 at the Alau Ice Palace, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Luise Malzahn of Germany is caught for a small score by Javzmaa Odkhuu of Mongolia but eventually won the contest ippon enabling Germany to win the...
Marcelo Contini of Brazil holds Igor Wandtke of Germany for an ippon but eventually the Brazilians lost 3: to Germany during the 2015 Astana World...
Sebastian Seidl of the German team threw Charles Chibana of Brazil for a wazari in extra time to win the contest with Germany winning 3:2 but missing...
With the score level in the final men's team match, Takeshi Ojitani of Japan had to beat Sung-Min Kim of Korea and did so by a single shido to give...
Gevrise Emane of the French team held Iana Kriukova for a yuko with this hold but the French eventually lost to Russia to win their during the 2015...
Automne Pavia of the French team defeated Tatiana Kazenyuk of Russia by an ippon with a hold during the 2015 Astana World Judo Team Championships at...
Otgonbaatar Lkhagvasuren of Mongolia throws Beka Gviniashvili of Georgia for a yuko but the Georgian fought back to win the match by ippon with...
Varlam Liparteliani of the Georgian team throws Kirill Voprosov of the Russian team for a yuko and then holds him for an ippon enabling Georgia to...
World champion, Urantsetseg Munkhbat of Mongolia is stunned after being thrown for an ippon by Mareen Kraeh of Germany. Eventually the German team...
The ultimately successful Japanese Men's team prepare for their final match against Koreat that they won 3:2. The team consists of Masashi Ebinuma,...
