All eyes got on Andreja Leski. After her Silver Medal at the Budapest Globe Championships, she pertained to Zagreb to show she was a platform mattress topper! She destroyed her method with the preliminaries, with her typical design of assaulting Judo that she is rapid coming to be understood.
In the last, tranquil and also accumulated, she tackled the ever-improving Geke Van Den Berg from the Netherlands. A wonderful final sacrifice strike saw Leski proceed with just secs to go – hanging on to this lead she asserted the Gold medal for Slovenia.
Mr. Vladimir Barta, Head Sporting Activity Supervisor of the IJF, granted Leski her Gold medal.
We asked her exactly how she remains so tranquil prior to dealing with.
” Well, today, there was an actually excellent track taking place, so I danced a bit, and also this made me tranquil. So it’s one with an additional, claimed Leski. “I do not understand, normally, “I attempt to not place way too much stress on myself, and also it functions”.
Tato Grigalashvili, likewise a Globe Silver champion in Budapest. He as well won every one of his battles to the last in emphatic design, all by Ippon – flaunting his typical effective design of Judo.
His Georgian power and also rate got on display screen, offering his fast-growing fanbase a lot to applaud around.
In the last, a creative turnabout provided him the definitive rating to achieve his objective of being gold once more.
He was granted his medal by Mr. Armen Bagdasarov, Head Umpire Supervisor of the International Judo Federation.
” This is the 2nd medal for me at a Grand Prix, so I recognized the preference of a Grand Prix Gold medal, claimed Grigalashvili. “However you understand I’m constantly pleased when I’m basing on the platform and also the Georgian anthem is playing, this is a great sensation for me”.
And Also there was a lot more Gold for Slovenia. Supremacy throughout the day in foundation saw Anka Pogacnik takes her initial Grand Prix Gold in 4 years!
Mr. Ruben Houkes, Supervisor of the IJF Kid Compensation, granted Pogacnik her medal.
At under 73kg, Hidayat Heydarov took Gold after an impressive exchange with Moldova’s Victor Sterpu. Fighting it out, the Azerbaijan Judoka took the ascendancy and also commemorated with the enthusiasm common of a Judoka from Azerbaijan.
Mr. Akinobu Osako, IJF Refereeing Manager, got on hand to honor the medals.
The residence country held their very own on Day 2, with some amazing sacrifice methods all throughout the preliminaries. However this hip toss was the radiating instance of Croatian Judo.
