Our young judokas finished with two bronze medals and 5th and 7th places in the individual competitions of the European Age Group Championships in Sofia.
On the final day of individual competition on Saturday, we were able to watch two Hungarian youngsters perform at the European Junior Juggling Championships in the Bulgarian capital. Zouza Sarkozy (Miskolesi VSC) and Georgina Krobel (Ippon Judo Tatabania) was also interested in the girls' 70kg category. After her opening win over Germany's Mia Manukyan, Sarkozy was eliminated by Croatia's Nika Slaček in the second round. Kruppel lost in the 32nd place to Russia's Zlata Sopronenko, and then in the consolation match to Turkey's Tuana Gulinay, her continental competition was also over.
In the previous competition days, our team won two medals:
Konnik Butund (Tatabányai SC) managed to stand on the third step of the podium between 55 kilograms, and Janka Jüttner (Budaörsi SC) between 52 kilograms.
In addition, Hungarian competitors scored two additional points: Iron Mira (52 kg; UTI) V, Little Levente (60 kg; ing of Lędzi) was seventh.
Judge Norbert The Al-Ittihad coach initially formulated the goal in terms of two medals and one or two points-scoring places, so we can say that the national team's performance is in line with expectations.
With the two bronze medals and the two top scoring positions, A
The Hungarian team ranked thirteenth in the nations' ranking.
The Poles (two golds and two silvers) topped the medals table, ahead of the Serbs (two golds and two bronzes) and the Germans (two golds and one bronze).
For comparison, a year ago, our team won two silver medals, 5th and 7th places, thus finishing the European Championship in 11th place overall after the individual competitions.
On Sunday, the European Youth Championship program concludes with the mixed teams competition. Hungarian band A Pence Gallo (60 kg), Little Levinty (60 kg), Nandor Horvath (81 kg), Small zabolcs (81 kg), Abel the carriage driver (+81 kg), Little Victoria (48 kg), Hey Phaedra (63 kg), Zouza Sarkozy (+63 kg), Georgina Krobel (+63 kg) is included in the formula.
(Featured image: Janka Gutner Source: Ego)
