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Sanne Van Dijke cruises to Grand Slam gold in Tbilisi
5 Jun 2022 00:20
IJF Media team by Pedro Lasuen
IJF Emanuele Di Feliciantonio / International Judo Federation
If the Dutch Sanne Van Dijke and the Spanish Ai Tsunoda Roustant had crossed paths on the plane, perhaps they would have stayed to see each other in the final. They were the two favourites, in a category with many absentees and under the leadership of the Dutch, the number two in the world.
Van Dijke encountered no trouble on her way to the final block. As for Tsunoda Roustant, she almost gave herself an upset in the semi-finals when Germany's Sarah Maekelburg scored waza-ari. The Spanish reacted with excellent work in ne-waza that culminated in osae-komi.
Spain lacked a gold after the silver and bronze of the first day. Van Dijke (NED) did not care and did not let the title train pass with a tactical game that made Tsunoda Roustant look younger than her earlier performances today indicated. Strong representation from the German with the first bronze medal going to Maekelburg. The second bronze went to Ukraine’s Natallia Chystiakova after a very fast strangle against Hilde Jager (NED).
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