Mike Rowbottom Chief Feature Writer

Mike Rowbottom, one of Britain's most talented sportswriters, covered the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics as chief feature writer for insidethegames, having covered the previous five summer Games, and four winter Games, for The Independent. He has worked for the Daily Mail, The Times, The Observer, The Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian.

Mike Rowbottom

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Shock defeats for Kelmendi and Bilodid at Tel Aviv Grand Slam

 Shock defeats for Kelmendi and Bilodid at Tel Aviv Grand Slam

Tel Aviv’s hosting of the first International Judo Federation Grand Slam to be staged in Israel got off to a riveting start as Olympic champion Majlinda Kelmendi and double world champion Daria Bilodid suffered shock defeats, and Iran described the participation of its former judoka Saeid Mollaei as "a stain of shame".