Yuri Alvear returns as a coach for Bolivia
3 Apr 2021 14:50
by Nicolas Messner and Leandra Freitas - IJF
IJF Gabriela Sabau / International Judo Federation
Yuri Alvear is amazing judoka from Colombia and without a doubt the best ever in her country. She is triple world champion in 2011, 2013 and 2014 and won bronze in 2015, 2017 and 2018. She took Olympic silver in 2016 in Rio and an Olympic bronze medal in 2012 in London and was 7th in Beijing. Alvear won many Pan American Championships and she won Grand Slams in Baku and Brasilia among 12 IJF World Tour medals. The IJF Media team spoke about her new challenge as a coach.
Algerian judo coach Amar Benikhlef about dealing with Covid-19
7 Mar 2021 11:55
Nicolas Messner and Leandra Freitas
IJF Gabriela Sabau / International Judo Federation
Algerian judoka Amar Benikhlef was 2008 Olympic finallist in Beijing. Benikhlef is multiple African Champion in 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2011 and was inducted into the IJF Hall of Fame in 2018. After his career he became head coach of Algeria. The IJF spoke with the coach about dealing with the Covid situation.
“Concerning our preparation, with the Covid situation, we found a lot of difficulty because we stopped for almost 8 months. We did nothing, because in Algeria everything was closed, total confinement. When we restarted our training we found athletes in very poor condition physically. Some had an impressive weight change. For example our U73 kg judoka came back at 86kg. It was not easy as he is qualifyi
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