Do Velema takes World Junior title for Holland

Day three of the World Championships in Ljubljana had the maximum number of gold medals for Europe. Four new world champions brought us a sensational day at this championship where 11 nations have won a gold medal. In 2011 at the last edition Japan alone won 12 gold medals, can you imagine the difference in two years time.

In the home country of the current Olympic Champion Urska Zolnir it is extra special to become World Junior Champion. Dutch Do Velema sensationally took the world title.

Velema is the current European Champion but wasn’t expected to take the world title as well, and against Tsugane not many would have thought she could win. The Japanese was the winner of the Grand Slam of Tokyo in the seniors. But both ladies only differ only 26 days and Velema is still learning by the day. As long as she could keep her impartiality in her final like she proved in previous matches. In the final she had a tough start with two penalties and was aiming for a takeover. She succeeded only one time, twenty seconds before the end she hit Tsugane with her devastating Harai-Goshi and grabbed the world title, her sponsor money of this year and the attention of 2010 World Junior Champion Kim Polling who supported her among others. Velema still 17 will get to a next challenge from tomorrow to stay this good, this dedicated. Let's see if she gets a chance at Senior level next year, a logical step for a world champion.

Mungunchimeg Baldorj of Mongolia won the bronze medal in a tough women’s fight against Greek Elisavet Teltsidou. Teltsidou was the winner of a pool with Magdalena Krssakova as one of the favourites but she lost to Santos (BRA) who was defeated by the Greek talent.

The second bronze was for Cuban Maylin Del Toro who defeated Nadja Bazynski of Germany. The semi finalist defeated strong opponents today in Wisneybi Machado (VEN) and Baldorj and led by waz-ari against Do Velema in the semi,but lost on the ground and couldn’t prevent that the yuko of Del Toro was enough for Cuban bronze.