The second day of the inaugural Grand Prix in Portugal continued the unimaginable momentum of Day 1, with many firsts for a bunch of judo’s younger opponents
Dutch teenager Joanne Van Lieshout had an unimaginable day. The 19-year-old 's lightning-fast footwork earned Lieshout her first-ever Grand Prix Gold.
Inês de Medeiros, Mayor of the Almada Municipality was available to award the medals.
“First match I used to be slightly bit struggling, however after that, I got here in and it was the fitting time and it labored,” Van Lieshout mentioned after the medal ceremony.
Within the below 73kg class, the fervour of Uzbekistan was on show from Murodjon Yuldoshev, who scored this incredible Ippon towards Spain’s Instances Roca. This was additionally Yuldoshev’s first Grand Prix Gold.
He was awarded his medals by José Manuel Constantino, President of the Portuguese Olympic Committee
On the below 70kg ladies’s class, Croatian teenager Lara Cvjetko took a tactical victory over Hungary’s Gercsak, bringing dwelling Croatia’s first gold of the 12 months.
She was awarded her medal by Colonel Stefan Marginean, Head of the IJF Army Fee.
Our man of the day is reigning World Champion Matthias Casse of Belgium, who displayed his dynamic judo all through his whole path to the ultimate. There he confronted Makinen of Finland, whom he ultimately defeated with this huge throw, taking his first-ever Grand Prix gold with a assured efficiency he's so typical of.
The medals had been awarded by Vladimir Barta, IJF Head Sport Director.
After the match, Casse spoke to the press.
“Sure I'm very pleased with the outcomes, and likewise with the judo I confirmed immediately. It was an excellent day, it was dynamic, and I pulled off some actually nice throws.”
Mayor of the Almada Municipality Inês de Medeiros honoured Portuguese judo legend Telma Monteiro in her hometown.
Monteiro obtained this tribute in recognition of her outstanding sports activities profession, which supplies nice status to Almada and Portugal worldwide. The native crowd got here out in numbers to see Monteiro, and had been handled to a different unimaginable day of judo!
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