In the minutes before Teddy Riner entered the arena, Paris 2024 volunteers filled the aisles with phones set to record and security guards peered in from the gangways, trying to snatch a glimpse. A ...

PARIS (AP) — The stands at Champs de Mars filled up quickly. One fan dressed in a white martial arts uniform waved a French flag back and forth. A woman next to him held up a poster with the face of ...

It’s always thrilling when a host country’s athlete wins a gold medal, leading to a huge crowd response. Sometimes the announcers get really carried away, too. That happened Friday when French judoka ...

French judo wrestler Teddy Riner, 18, poses for a picture at the Arena Olimpica in Rio de Janeiro, 15 September, 2007. Riner on Thursday became the youngest ever world heavyweight champion when he ...

TOKYO (AP) — Although Teddy Riner has already summited almost every peak in judo during his incredible career, the 10-time world champion heavyweight from France spent the past half-decade working for ...

Editor’s Note: The Judo Open Weight World Championships were won by Frenchman Teddy Riner and Sarah Asahina of Japan. To face Teddy Riner in a competitive environment is to try and move a mountain.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) Six years undefeated, two Olympic gold medals won, and more to come. French heavyweight Teddy Riner, a record-eight time world judo champion, earned a second straight gold Friday ...

Few athletes have dominated their sport like Teddy Riner. The six-foot-eight, 140-kilogram man mountain has spent his entire career making history and setting new, seemingly impossible benchmarks. At ...

Imagine you’ve reigned supreme in a sport for approaching a decade, winning 128 successive matches on the way to securing a record eight world titles. What could there possibly be left to achieve? In ...

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Riner’s last defeat came back in 2010 when he lost out in the final of the Tokyo World Championships. In the intervening seven years, the Frenchman has won 128 consecutive bouts, including gold medals ...