Kristin Buessow ready for seniors with second European title

Germany won a gold medal by Kristin Buessow. The heavyweight was able to beat Dutch Tessie Savelkouls in the final. Germany was the eleventh nation to win a gold medal.

Kristin Buessow has a strong year with victories at the European Cups in Sindelfingen and Boras but had never fought Savelkouls in such competition. For Buessow it was her last chance in this age category to medal and scored a yuko halfway the match. For Savelkouls a call for action to get back but despite the engaged support of her coach, former World Champion Monique van der Lee, the Dutch couldn’t prevent Buessow to win. Savelkouls had an good day despite a rough preparation period coming back from an injury. The 2011 junior bronze medallist was happy with silver. Buessow

Gold for Germany, the eight for a woman in the history of this championship, she was already in the list of winners and is the first one to take the title twice. In 2010 she defeated last year’s European U23 champion Larisa Ceric when Buessow was 19 years young. Laura Vargas-Koch was the last German to win in 2011. In this category the lighter, more athletic judoka reached the finals.

Aidana Nagorova used two minutes to defeat European Open winner Maryna Slutskaya for ippon in the bronze final.

Ukrainian Galina Tarasova overcame Sandra Jablonski by ippon after two minutes ending her match in oseikomi after having scored a waza-ari.