Day two within the Warsaw European Open was as action-packed as day one, and the semi finals had been kicked off by the -100kg males.
Aristos MICHEL (CYP) took the primary closing place by defeating Wilgner MENDES (BRA), getting back from two shidos in regular time, Michel went 3:11 in to golden rating earlier than scoring ippon with ko uchi gari. There he’ll meet Iosif SIMIN (ISR), who defeated Nice Britains’ Oliver BARRATT, first scoring yuko with kata guruma, after which countering in a clinch for an enormous ippon.
Day two welcomed the light-weight girls, and it’ll be a Spanish – Brazilian closing within the -48kg class. First claiming her spot was Gemma Maria GOMEZ ANTONA (ESP) who defeated Lois PETIT (BEL), an enormous makikomi secured a waza ari rating, which she managed, shifting instantly within the osae komi. Clarice RIBEIRO (BRA) will likely be her closing opponent, who went full time with Amber GERSJES (NED), however an early waza ari rating separated the pair and Gersjes simply couldn’t discover a technique to degree up.
The -81kg males gave every thing on the tatami within the semi finals, each enduring golden rating, nonetheless the primary was swift. TOTH Botond (HUN) spent solely 16 seconds there in opposition to Adrian SULCA (ROU) earlier than scoring with a superbly timed o uchi gari on the transfer. Ljubljana European Open gold medallist, Pavel DRZYMAL (POL) was not so lucky in opposition to Aurellien BONFERONNI (SUI) nonetheless, nearly doubling contest time earlier than countering an assault from the Swiss athlete with o soto gaeshi.
Tatum KEEN (GBR) stunned the highest seed and gold medal hope for the host nation, Aleksandra KALETA (POL) with an enormous sode tsuri komi goshi to take her place within the -52kg closing. There Eager will meet Astride GNETO (FRA) who had a horrible robust semi closing in opposition to Ilay HAYUN (ISR), delving deep in to golden rating earlier than Hayun was given a 3rd and closing shido.
The -90kg class delivered on the efficiency facet at this time with present -81kg World Champion and Olympic silver medallist, Tato GRIGALASHVILI (GEO) slowly coming again to competitors. Grigalashvili gave a typical show, delivering a wide range of methods and actually utilizing this chance to carry out. Aaron SANTAMARIA RODRIGUEZ (ESP) gave him a tricky combat, however within the final 20 seconds the Georgian celebrity pulled out an enormous entrance uchi mata to attain the profitable waza ari rating. Dealing with him will likely be Tigo RENES (NED) who regarded to get pleasure from his semi closing in opposition to SZTANKO Daniel (HUN), having the chance to throw massive.
After a break with harm, Adriana RODRIGUEZ SALVADOR (ESP) appears to be again combating match, and defeated Pleuni CORNELISSE (NED) in her semi closing in solely 32 seconds, with a blinding reverse kart guruma. It wasn’t really easy for her closing opponent within the -57kg class, Alya DE CARVALHO (FRA), who battled with Shannon VAN DE MEEBERG (NED) earlier than discovering an entry in ne waza, ultimately making use of the shime waza for submission.
The +100kg class noticed some massive wins, the primary from World medallist, Yakiv KHAMMO (UKR), who with solely 24 seconds left on the clock, threw Yann RIGAUD (FRA) with ko soto gake. Stephan HEGYI (AUT) missed out on the ultimate within the Ljubljana European Open, however wasn’t ready to make one other mistake, as an alternative he will likely be competing for the gold in opposition to Khammo after defeating the host’s Patryk BRONIEC (POL), scoring with tai otoshi and finishing the win in osae komi.
Writer: Thea Cowen
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