The upcoming Cadet European Championships 2024 will see 513 athletes from 44 nations compete over the three day particular person occasion inside 16 classes. Bulgaria has already seen the senior athletes earn their European titles, and now we return to the large names of the longer term, who will earn their stripes in Sofia?
Day one will see the -48kg and -60kg contend for the gold medal, and as well as at cadet degree we now have the -40kg, -44kg, -50kg and -55kg weight classes.
Within the lightest younger males’s weights, Azerbaijan have doubled up their possibilities within the -50kg with two robust contenders within the high 4; Bahadir FEYZULLAYEV (#3 WRL) and Mahammadali HUSIYEV (#15 WRL). Sandwiched between the pair is Axel CUQ (FRA), who by the way is the youthful brother of 2019 Cadet European Champion, Pauline CUQ. Axel has discovered himself on the rostrum twice this yr, and most not too long ago successful the Marrakech Cadet African Cup. Ivo GALENKOV (BUL) takes the #3 spot this week and could have the help of the house crowd.
As we transfer to the lightest of the younger girls’s, the -40kg boasts that the highest 4 seeds are inside the high ten of the world rating listing; Aiora MARTIN CARRICHES (#3/ESP), Mathilde AUREL (#4/FRA), Sandra WALENDZIK (#5/POL) and Khadija ABDULLAYEVA (#9/AZE). Martin has by no means missed the rostrum in 2024, and with this additional expertise gained, she is in place to raised her fifth place finishes within the 2023 Cadet European and World Championships.
Gal BLAZIC (SLO) will lead the cost within the -55kg class, and after a bronze medal win within the Cadet European Championships in Odivelas 2023, his eyes will probably be set firmly on the ultimate. Standing in his method nonetheless are Nihad MAMISHOV (AZE), the present Cadet World Champion of the -50kg class. In 2024 Mamishov has secured gold medal wins in Antalya and Goygol, and is hoping to make it a hat-trick and change into the European Champion. KUNYIK Botond (HUN) falls in because the quantity three seed, and has confirmed his capacity to make it to the ultimate with a silver in Samorin, and the highest 4 is rounded off by Khazar HEYDAROV (UKR). This identify is synonymous with the present -73kg World Champion, however Khazar is eager to be recognised too, and with a gold in Teplice and Bielsko Biala this yr, it’s definitely potential.
There’s energy within the Spanish delegation, as Irene GARCIA SANCHEZ and Africa PUENTE LOPEZ are additionally inside the high ten of the WRL and can refill spots two and three within the -44kg class, behind the Cadet European and World Champion of the -40kg class, Patricia TOMANKOVA (SVK). The final of the highest 4 will probably be Yuval GABAY (ISR), winner of the Teplice Cadet Cup this yr.
As Azerbaijan and Spain maintain area within the -50kg and -44kg classes, Israel have upped their probabilities of success in -60kg with high seed Izhak ASHPIZ and WRL #5, Shalev COHEN in as seed 4. Ashpiz dominated within the Cadet World Championships and can possible defend his title this yr, but in addition took bronze on the Europeans. For Cohen nonetheless, this will probably be his first shot at a European title, and rightly so with two gold this yr already in Samorin and Teplice. The pair will probably be rivalled by WRL #3, Jakub KUROWSKI (POL) and Velijko VARNICIC (SRB). Kurowski has been on a medalling streak since October final yr, taking house six in complete, two of which gold.
Gold medallist of the Berlin Cadet Cup 2024, Lalla-Dounia LAHRIFI (FRA) heads the -48kg class, carefully adopted by Elif KILIC (TUR), the highest two have by no means earlier than met in competitors, nonetheless if each handle to remain on high of their respective sides of the draw, it may make for an fascinating last. Positions #3 and #4 within the seeding are taken by Poland’s Barbara TWAROWSKA (POL) and Charlotte NETTESHEIM (GER).
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Creator: Thea Cowen
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