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  • When Did Women’s Judo Become an Olympic Sport? The Complete History

    Women’s judo became a full Olympic medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics — but the story of how it got there spans more than three decades of organized effort, institutional resistance, and individual persistence. The single most important date in that story is not 1992 but November 29–30, 1980, when the first Women’s World…

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  • Women’s Judo Weight Categories: Differences in Style and Tactics Explained

    Women’s judo is contested across seven weight categories — from -48​kg to +78​kg — and the competitive style of each division is structurally distinct. Research analyzing thousands of elite bouts across multiple Olympic cycles shows that the lightest and heaviest categories differ not just in the size of the athletes but in the fundamental architecture…

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