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European champion Eva Csernoviczki wins at home
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21 Jun 2014 15:55
by Mark Pickering - IJF
IJF Media Team / International Judo Federation
At the opening day of the Judo Grand Prix in Budapest Eva Csernoviczki offered the home crowd a gold medal. European champion Eva Csernoviczki (HUN) was the pride of Hungary on Saturday as she won her country’s first gold medal with victory against Sofia European Open bronze medallist Valentina Moscatt (ITA).
Olympic bronze medallist Csernoviczki was a hot favourite coming into the event and the crowd sensed they were going to witness something special as they reacted to every movement from their lightweight ace. MOSCATT received a shido after 90 seconds for going out of the area and that set the tone for the contest as her opponent was more active and more assured. Both judoka received a shido for not taking a grip and Moscatt was penalised again for passivity to settle the contest on penalties in the favour of the home figher after four minutes.
In the first semi-final Csernoviczki (HUN) downed the highly-capable African champion Taciana Lima (GBS) by ippon with 18 seconds remaining in their contest after her challenger stalled with false attacks earning her two shido penalties. In the second semi-final Moscatt bested Havana Grand Prix bronze medallist Julia FIGUEROA (ESP) by a slender advantage as a yuko went unanswered by the in-form Spaniard.
The first bronze medal was won by Ulaanbaatar Grand Prix silver medallist GALBADRAKH Otgontsetseg (MGL) against world number 15 LIMA-BALDE. The Mongolian trailed by two penalties for a false attack and a gripping infringement but fought back to score a waza-ari from ashi-waza and transitioned to hold down her opponent for 15 seconds to earn a second and match-winning waza-ari. The second bronze medal was won by 19-year-old Tokyo Grand Slam winner KONDO Ami (JPN) who held down FIGUEROA with a mune-gatame to earn the biggest victory of her career outside of her homeland.
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