Sinem Oruc last woman standing with gold

The top seeds in the class U63kg had a hard time as well as the women U57kg. However Turkish Sinem Oruc fought her way to the final of the cadet World Championships in Sarajevo where she met with Franziska Schloegl (AUT) and became the fifth ever Cadet World Champion for her country Turkiye.

After a first alert coming from the Austrian side and a waza-ari that was eventually cancelled, it was Sinem Oruc who won the title with a powerful o-uchi-gari,  fantastically executed. The gold medal went to Sinem Oruc and Türkiye. Didn't we say that Türkiye was building momentum? This is the proof of it. Türkiye is in orbit with all the successes of this year.

Being number one in the world did not guarantee anything and sometimes did not even open the doors to the final block. Doria Boursas (FRA) suffered from it, as did Emily Daniela Jaspe (USA), Khurshida Razzokberdieva (UZB) and Marjona Nurulloeva (UZB), all eliminated prematurely. In the absence of the favourites, Türkiye, once again, pulled out all the stops and qualified Sinem Oruc to stand against Franziska Schloegl (AUT) in the final. Sinem Oruc became the successor of Habibe Afyonlu (TUR) who won the title in the same weight category in 2019 in Almaty.

Lenka Tomankova (SVK) and Sagda Ghonim (EGY) qualified to fight for the first bronze medal. Tomankova tried a couple of attacks, just to feel her opponent out. The last attack was then tremendous; a massive uchi-mata and the match was over. It was a beautiful ippon and a bronze medal for Tomankova.

In the second match for a bronze medal it was Khurshida Razzokberdieva (UZB) who faced Emily Starzer (AUT). The match was as fast as the previous one, Khurshida Razzokberdieva scoring a massive ippon with a tani-otoshi.