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Turkish starlet Mihrac Akkus grabs season treble
10 Aug 2017 03:30
by Mark Pickering - IJF
IJF Media Team / International Judo Federation
Turkish judoka Mihrac Akkus completed a stunning treble by winning the Cadet World Championships. Previously he was European Youth Olympic Festival and Cadet European Championships winner. Akkus, 17, who is one of the leading prospects in the sport, raises his game with every competition and was arguably the player of the day as he won four of his five fights by ippon.
The Turkish starlet saw off Bielsko Cadet European Cup bronze medallist Luka Kapanadze (GEO) in the final after just 20 seconds with a booming ouchi-gari for ippon.
In the first semi-final Akkus outfought Cadet Asian Championships silver medallist Byambasuren Sukhbat (MGL) as he won by a waza-ari after a strong performance against the hard-working Mongolian. In the second semi-final Kapanadze defeated Cadet European Championships bronze medallist Abrek Naguchev (RUS) by a shido in golden score.
The first bronze medal was won by Naguchev who countered a seoi-nage attempt from IJF debutant An Sin Hyok (PRK) for ippon.
The second bronze medal went to Bielsko Cadet European Cup silver medallist Sumi Hitoyoshi (JPN) who defeated Byambasuren by ippon.
| 2009 Seiken Fujisawa (JPN) |
| 2011 Pavlo Skopnenko (UKR) |
| 2013 Bauyrzhan Zhauyntayev (KAZ) |
2015 Denislav Ivanov (BUL) 2017 Mihrac Akkus (TUR) |
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