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Few athletes win back-to-back golds. This out judo athlete just did it.
Out judoka Alana Maldonado took her second straight Paralympic championship just one year removed from tearing her ACL.
By Brian C. Bell | September 7, 2024Out judoka Alana Maldonado took her second straight Paralympic championship just one year removed from tearing her ACL.
By Brian C. Bell | September 7, 2024Defending Judo gold medalist Alana Maldonado wants more Paralympic gold, equity and inclusion.
By Brian C. Bell | August 26, 2024France wins gold, Brazil wins bronze and Team LGBTQ wins both in an Olympic mixed team judo medal round for the ages.
By Brian C. Bell | August 3, 2024Raz Hershko secured her second Olympic medal, falling to Brazil's Beatriz Souza in the women's judo +78kg final.
By Brian C. Bell | August 2, 2024Team LGBTQ's Alice Bellandi brought Italy its first Olympic gold medal in judo since 2008 in scintillating fashion.
By Brian C. Bell | August 1, 2024Germany's Timo Cavelius made Team LGBTQ history in Paris. His challenge didn't go to plan but he'll have another medal shot at these Games.
By Jon Holmes | July 30, 2024Amandine Buchard defeated Hungary's Reka Pupp in a marathon match to win -52kg judo Olympic bronze in front of a hometown crowd.
By Brian C. Bell | July 28, 2024Timo Cavelius has been out as gay since he was 15 in a fighting sport and he is set to make history in judo at the Paris Olympics.
By Jim Buzinski | July 1, 2024Sanne van Dijke, an out lesbian, is ranked fifth in the world in her weight class and eyes another Olympics medal in Paris.
By Jim Buzinski | June 25, 2024After ending 2023 as a world number one in her weight class, Alice Bellandi of Italy is ready for more at the Paris Olympics.
By Brian C. Bell | June 21, 2024The coming out of Amandine Buchard spurred a silver medal in Tokyo. A different awakening may be the key to gold at the Paris Olympics.
By Karleigh Webb | June 8, 2024