Regardless of their greatest efforts, Germany and Netherlands fought for the primary of the bronze medals within the Cadet Blended Group Championships 2024, lacking out on a place within the remaining.
With wins from Konstantin DISTEL (-81kg/GER), Xanne VAN LIJF (+63kg/NED), Dwayne KOREVAAR (+81kg/NED), Charlotte NETTESHEIM (-48kg/GER), Demetre MAKALATIYA (-60kg/GER), crew Germany wanted one remaining level. Sara-Tamar WOLSFELD (GER) had the assist of her crew, needing just one extra level for the win, however the Dutch delegation matched it, hoping that Kaya PANNEGIETER (NED) would take them to a 3:3 draw. With solely 33 seconds left on the clock, Wolsfeld attacked with uchi mata and doubled up with ko uchi gari as Pannegieter nearly stepped off, scoring waza ari. She managed the competition very nicely and held off her opponent for the German win.
A particular point out for the present -48kg Cadet European Champion, Nettesheim of Germany on this spherical, after a gruelling six minutes and 45 seconds of golden rating. Through the medal ceremony, her crew nominated her to just accept the crew trophy.
It was so lengthy and tiring but it surely’s a particular factor to win to your crew, and the ambiance actually helped!
On the adjoining tatami, it was a fierce face to face between the blended crew of Georgia and probably the most profitable crew within the particular person competitors, Poland.
Factors had been scored for each side by; Saba SONGULASHVILI (-81kg/GEO), Zuzanna BANASZEWSKA (+63kg/POL), Giorgi GELASHVILI (+81kg/GEO), Barbara TWAROSWKA (-48kg/POL), and Jakub KUROWSKI (-60kg/POL). With the final level coming from the -60kg silver medallist, Kurowski, Group Poland wanted just one extra level to take dwelling the bronze medal.
The stress was on Hanna ZAITSEVA (POL) who narrowly missed out on a person bronze within the -63kg class this week, and an preliminary waza ari was scored with o uchi gari. Nonetheless with two and a half minutes left on the clock, it appeared removed from over, and Mariam NATELAURI (GEO) evened the scoreboard with a driving o uchi gari of her personal. With solely 15 seconds left on the clock, a devastating ko soto gake from Zaitseva received the medal for Poland, and big celebrations ensued!
You may’t all the time win the medal I suppose, however at this time I actually felt like I earned it. It was additionally actually vital, as you noticed, to win that time for my crew.
Judoka
Creator: Thea Cowen
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