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October 2, 2007

USJudo.org Reaches More than Four Million Hits in September!

Just two years after the recreation of www.usjudo.org, USA Judo is pleased to announce that the Web Site has broken a new record – achieving more than 4.2 million hits during the month of September alone.  

One of the most popular Web Sites in the international judo community, www.usjudo.org reached its highest point during the World Championships, Sept. 13-16, when more than 25,000 unique visitors came to the page to follow Team USA’s quest for gold.  

This is in addition to the thousands of hits to www.livesportsvideo.com where USA Judo, USJF and USJA members all had the opportunity to watch U.S. athletes compete at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro , culminating in footage of Ronda Rousey’s trip to the podium in the 70kg division.  

"We knew that we would have a great response to the innovative reporting from the World Championships in Rio , but we really were surprised by these great numbers. These numbers motivate us in USA Judo to continue to lead the way to better and greater coverage of Judo within the United States," said USA Judo President Dr. Ron Tripp.  

USJudo.org continues to be one of the top sites in the world for judo event coverage and traffic spikes during major national and international events as was evidenced during July when the combination of Pan American Games and USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships resulted in 3.4 million hits during the month.   

Throughout the course of 2007, www.usjudo.org has averaged around two million hits per month with this month’s numbers more than doubling the hit average from September 2006 and representing more than a four-fold increase over the monthly averages of each of the final three months of 2005 when the new Web Site was officially launched.  

“Wow, this really speaks volumes to what the future holds if we continue to think out of the box in the promotion of Judo. We are now looking forward to work closely with the new leadership of IJF in order to grow judo as a sport and an entertainment value to our members as well as the general mixed martial arts audience out there,” said USA Judo CEO Jose H. Rodriguez.  

Keep visiting www.usjudo.org – where judo happens – throughout October as athletes from around the world come to Atlanta for the U.S. Open!