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Justine Deleuil wins European title in Athens
4 Jul 2014 17:00
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Emanuele Di Feliciantonio / EJU / Copyright: www.eju.net
French top seed Justine Deleuil faced Lois Petit of Belgium in the final of the European Championships for youngsters U18 years.
The French judoka took the lead early into the match with a waza-ari. Petit almost caught her in the last minute, but Deleuil was able to get out of the hold and won the title.
“I was nervous today. The final was tough. I fought her (Petit) before, but each match with her is different”, Deleuil, who debuted at the European Cadet Championships, said. Coming to Athens meant a lot to her. “I know that this was the Olympic venue for 2004 and in fact I was watching at that time. I was seven years old and I already did judo”, she explained.
“Overall I am pleased with my performances today, I had worked a lot for that”, Petit shared. “I competed for the first time at this event and I have learned that you always have to push through until the end”, she continued.
Cicek Akyuz (TUR) claimed bronze, pinning Aida Bibkova (RUS) to the mat for Ippon. Marija Ivkovic (SRB) needed only a few seconds to take the other bronze over Natalia Kipshidze (GEO) as the Georgian suffered an injury.
The field in this category consisted of 12 judoka.
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