Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic judo history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most iconic moments & athletes, a comprehensive list of year-by-year results, and the current records for judo ahead of the 2024 Games in Paris.
Born into a privileged family in Pyongyang, Lee Seo-hyun was no ordinary North Korean. Her father was a senior government official decorated as a “Hero of Labor,” the high-level honor also given to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North Korea s late founding leader, Kim Il-sung, and Kye Sun-hui, an Olympic judo champion. Her father was close to many powerful people and was deeply loyal to the regime. In what she believed was a “paradise on Earth,” her family was and would always be safe, she assumed.
Born into a privileged family in Pyongyang, Lee Seo-hyun was no ordinary North Korean. Her father was a senior government official decorated as a “Hero of Labor,” the high-level honor also given to Kim Kyong-hui, the only daughter of North Korea s late founding leader, Kim Il-sung, and Kye Sun-hui, an Olympic judo champion. Her father was close to many powerful people and was deeply loyal to the regime. In what she believed was a “paradise on Earth,” her family was and would always be safe, she assumed.
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