Women first competed in Judo in 1988 when it was introduced as a demonstration sport and it became a medal event four years later at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Judo became particularly ...

Yarden Gerbi of Israel wins judo bronze in women’s half middleweight (-63kg), beating Japan’s Miku Tashiro. The 2016 Olympic Games run from Aug. 5 through Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro.