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Japan's Hifumi Abe (white) competes with Ukraine's Georgii Zantaraia (blue) during their match in the mens -66kg category at the World Judo Championships in Budapest on August 29, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)

Japan's unbeatable brother and sister

RAF military policeman and judoka Andrew Melbourne

Man mountain switches military for judo

TOKYO, JAPAN - DECEMBER 03: Ruika Sato (white) of Japan competes against Mami Umeki (blue) of Japan in the Women's 78kg Bronze Final during day two of the Judo Grand Slam Tokyo at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymansium on December 3, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

Ripping up the rule book -- how judo reinvented itself

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 07: Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo (blue) shows her emotions as she celebrates winning the gold medal against Odette Giuffrida of Italy during the Womens -52kg gold medal final on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 2 on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Kosovo's first Olympic medalist, a judo legend

Gold medalist France's Teddy Riner celebrates after winning the final of mens +100kg category at the World Judo Championships in Budapest on September 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEK (Photo credit should read ATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images)

Why France is a heartland of judo

French chef Thierry Marx poses at the Hotel Mandarin Oriental on June 24, 2011 in Paris. Marx left Pauillac-based restaurant Cordeillan-Bages and was appointed top chef of the new Hotel Mandarin Oriental. Mandarin Oriental group is a Hong-Kong based chain. AFP PHOTO FRANCK FIFE (Photo credit should read FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images)

The Michelin star chef inspired by judo

The heavyweight fight with two losers

Gold medallist Czech Republic's Lukas Krpalek celebrates on the podium of the men's -100kg judo contest of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 11, 2016. / AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

The toughest task in sport?

Legends of Judo

ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIAN FEDERATION: Russian Presidebt Vladimir Putin (L) demonstrates his judo skills to famous Japanese , Olympic judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita (R) during their visit to a sports school in St. Petersburg, 24 December 2005. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NIKOLAYEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Yasuhiro Yamashita: 'Judo gives hope in this fragile world'

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 21: OLYMPISCHE SPIELE SYDNEY 2000, Sydney; FINALE: MAENNER/bis 100 KG; Kosei INOUE of Japan (weiss) - GOLD -, Nicolas GILL/CAN - SILBER - (Photo by Gunnar Berning/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Kosei Inoue: Olympic champion and Japanese supercoach

CHIBA, JAPAN: David Douillet of France clinches his fist after beating Russian Sergei Kossorotov by Ippon in the final match of men's open category in the World Judo Championships in Chiba 01 October 1995. AFP PHOTO TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Frenchman who outshone Zidane

Ryoko Tani: The greatest judoka ever?

BEIJING - AUGUST 14: Gold medalist Tuvshinbayar Naidan of Mongolia poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100 kg judo competition at the University of Science and Technology Gymnasium during Day 6 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

Tüvshinbayar Naidan: Mongolia's first Olympic champion

Anton Geesink from Netherlands, poses wearing the gold medal he won in the Judo Open event at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, October 1964. World champion in 1961 and 1965 the giant (2-metre) Dutchman won the European title for individuals 13 times. / AFP PHOTO / - (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

How Anton Geesink changed judo forever

Cuba's Driulis Gonzalez (L) and Chinese Taipei Chin-Fang Wang compete during their women's -63kg judo match of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 12, 2008 in Beijing. AFP PHOTO / OLIVIER MORIN (Photo credit should read OLIVIER MORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Driulis González: World champ, Cuban icon

Olympic and seven-time heavyweight judo world champion Teddy Riner takes part in a training session at the French National Institute of Sport and Physical Education (INSEP) in Paris, on August 17, 2015, ahead of the 2015 World Judo Championships. The 2015 World Judo Championships will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from August 24 to August 30. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS SAMSON (Photo credit should read THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Teddy Riner: The greatest ever?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 27: Masashi Ebinuma of Japan celebrates the victory and the gold medal in the -66 kg final category during the World Judo Championships at the Maracanazinho gymnasium on August 27, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Masashi Ebinuma: Triple champ

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