Russian judokas won bronze in the European Championship and tested the Olympic format – Combat News – Summer

In the match for third place, Russian athletes beat Azerbaijanis 4-0 with a victory, the second set of bronze medals won by Ukrainians, which won against the French – 4-3. At a meeting for gold, the Germans beat the Dutch – 4-2.

The tournament with 21 national teams took place on Wednesday, before the men's and women's teams played separately. Men competed in weight categories up to 73 kg, 90 kg and over 90 kg, and women – up to 57 kg, 70 kg and over 70 kg. Mixed competitions of judo teams in 2017 have been included by the International Olympic Committee in the Games 2020 program in Tokyo.

The hosts of the tournament were clbadified under the second number, after the French, and were removed from the first round. In the 1/8 final match, the Russian judokas won the Ukraine team with a score of 4-0. The first victories were won by Darya Mezhetskaya (up to 57 kg), Musa Mogushkov (up to 73 kg), Taisiya Kireeva (70 kg) and Khusen Khalmurzayev (up to 90 kg).

With the same score, the match in the quarterfinals still four ippons by Anastasia Konkina (up to 57 kg), Denis Yartsev (73 kg), Kireeva and Ivan Vorobyov (up to 39 kg). to 90 kg)

It was unfortunate that the Russian team formed a match to reach the final with the German national team. In the first two games, unexpected defeats have suffered Konkin and Yartsev. Alena Prokopenko (70 kg) won the third fight and reduced the backlog of 1-2, but Khalmurzaev and Ksenia Chibisova (more than 70 kg) could not change the course of the match

. – 4-0. Mezhetskaya, Mogushkov, Prokopenko and Khalmurzaev won

The national team also included Tamerlan Bashaev, Anton Krivobokov (over 90 kg) and Alexander Babintsev (over 70 kg).

Director General of the Russian national teams Ezio Gamba considers the tournament as a good test of the team's capabilities in the Olympic format on the eve 2020, but believes the result could be better

It is important that we be on the podium, in the leading group. But third place is not the result we expected. In the match against Germany, we made some mistakes. We had more chances to win, it's a big surprise, but that's judo, it happens, "said Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), who participated in this tournament, believing that the team played at a good level. "According to my feelings, the team looked good," said the ROC leader. "It is very important to us that the team look good in two years in Tokyo, and I wish all of our team good luck in winning the (maximum) Olympic Games quota and preparing for the Olympic Games."

The President of the European Judo Union (EUJ) Sergei Soloveichik notes that the format justifies the expectations.

"I am very happy with the format of the competition," Soloveitchik said. – At the Tokyo Olympics, for the first time, we will see competitions in this format, for many federations, it is a test and an opportunity to see the players who will perform at the Olympic Games. At first, no one could understand the layout – which will be in the final and will fight for third place. Yes, we know the leaders, but we have not yet seen our athletes in such a unified format. "