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On the last day of the Zagreb Grand Prix, Natalie Powell won gold to add to the bronze medal she recently won at the Tbilisi M Slam.
Entering the -78kg category seeded 6thursday. Powell had an opening-circular bye before victories against Linda Politi (ITA) and Beata Pacut-Kloczko (Pol) progressed her to the Semi-Finals.
Powell booked her place in the final in way, defeating 3x Olympic bronze medallist and double World Champion Mayra Aguiar (BRA) by ippon score.
Top seed and earth number iii Inbar Lanir (ISR) awaited Powell in the Final. As the clock ticked past the xc-second marker, Powell went to footing applying an arm lock, which later forced her opponent to tap out, handing Powell her 4th career Thousand Slam gold medal.
Lucy Renshall has moved to the top of the -63kg globe rankings post-obit an array of
impressive performances over the past 12 months.
Renshall secured her first Grand Slam title in Antalya in April 2021 which helped secure her
place on Team GB for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Following the Tokyo 2020 Games a silvery medal at the Paris G Slam and two further
gold medals at the Baku and Abu Dhabi Chiliad Slam rounded off a fantastic terminate to the 2021
season Renshall started 2022 with a 5th place cease in Paris before retaining her Antalya Grand Slam
title in April.
Renshall becomes GB Judo's get-go world number i since 2017 when Natalie Powell
became GB Judo's beginning female to summit the world rankings in the -78kg category.
Upon hearing of her promotion to globe number one Renshall said: "I am so happy to
world number one. At the start of the year, I wrote downwardly a few personal goals I wanted to
attain in 2022. It is simply June and I accept achieved one of those goals.
"Whilst information technology is my proper noun on summit of the rankings, I could non have accomplished any of this without a
fantastic squad that back up me. Without Jamie and the whole team at the British Judo
National Training Centre by my side through all the skilful times and the difficult times I would
not be where I am today.
"I likewise have to thank my club motorcoach, Peter Blood at SKK Judo Club, he was the man
responsible for getting me started in judo and I would not exist where I am today without
him."
Jamie Johnson, GB Senior Women's Performance Coach said: "I am so happy for Lucy. This
is a neat achievement for both her and British Judo. There aren't many judoka in the earth
that accomplish the elevation of the globe rankings. Only seeing her proper name at the summit of the rankings
alongside other judo greats does fill up yous with a sense of pride.
"Lucy has worked incredibly difficult, non just over the by 12 months but through the cadet
and inferior historic period groups, and it is fantastic to see that hard piece of work paying off.
"Everybody from her club motorbus Pete Blood at SKK to all the staff at the British Judo National
Grooming Heart, who have supported Lucy since she joined in 2013 tin be incredibly proud of
her achievement.
"This also would non accept been possible without the connected back up from U.k. Sport, The
National Lottery and Wolverhampton University who enable our judoka to access world course
staff and facilities. I am certain it volition non be long until GB Judo has another judoka at the top of
the world rankings."
Nigel Donohue, GB Judo Functioning Director said: "To become World No.ane in your called
sport is an incredible achievement and we are extremely proud of Lucy in achieving this
milestone, in her career and so far. The challenge now is to stay as Globe No.i throughout the
cycle, though I have no doubt that Lucy volition have corking confidence in her ability to stay there
and build on her success to achieve her ultimate Judo ambitions."
With the Paris Olympic qualification window opening later this calendar month, Renshall will next
compete at the Budapest Yard Slam starting on eighth July.
Chelsie Giles claimed her offset major title as she added the European crown to her Olympic bronze
medal in Tokyo on the opening twenty-four hour period of the European Championships in Sofia.
Following an opening round goodbye, Giles overcame a tricky opening round contest against Aleksandra
Kaleta (POL). The competition entered Gilded Score where Giles unleashed her trademark newaza to
volume her place in the Quarter-Finals.
Giles booked her place in the Semi-Finals post-obit a hard fought 8-minute contest confronting 2x
Olympic medallist Odette Giuffrida (ITA). Giles countering a Giuffrida attack, turning her for waza-ari
score.
If the opening two contests were a boxing of endurance, the Semi-Final was all about strength and
ability. It took Giles just xc seconds to defeat Mascha Ballhaus (GER) to secure her identify in the Terminal.
Giles displayed some excellent newaza to progress to the Concluding Cake to face world number one,
Amandine Buchard (FRA).
At that place was nothing betwixt the two fighters at the end of the mandatory 4-minutes and the competition
entered Golden Score. Two shidos either side of Golden Score put Giles onto the backfoot. An
onslaught of Buchard attacks followed, which Giles defended well before the scorecard was evened
upwards at ii shidos each.
Giles adds gold in Sofia to the bronze she won at the European Games in 2019.
A speechless Giles couldn't quite believe what she had accomplished: "I cannot believe information technology. Information technology's so
overwhelming, I call back it will take a while to fully sink in."
Giles has faced Buchard on three previous occasions, with the French fighter coming out on acme an
all 3 occasions. Speaking near what she has changed this time, Giles said: "I have spent a lot of
time studying those losses to see what I did well and where I tin amend. Jamie and I worked on a
plan and I am so happy it paid off today."
"I am looking forrad to having some fourth dimension off now and enjoy the moment before the hard piece of work
starts for the remainder of the flavor."
Lucy Renshall returned to the Antalya Grand Slam to defend the title that she claimed in 2021.
Renshall, who recently rose to no.ii in the IJF earth rankings in the -63kg category, entered Antalya as the no.1 seed. She certainly lived up to that ranking every bit she comfortably eased her way through the preliminary rounds defeating Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz (MEX) and Katarina Kristo (CRO) to volume her place in the Quarter-Finals to face recent Paris M Slam champion Barbara Timo (POR). With less than 60-seconds of the contest fought, Renshall capitalised with some splendid ne-waza to pivot her opponent for twenty-seconds to secure an ippon score and book her identify in the Semi-Finals.
Tokyo Olympic Games bronze medallist, Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (Tin), stood between Renshall and a identify in the Final. The competition entered Golden Score where Beauchemin-Pinard was awarded a third shido to hand victory, and a place in the Final to Renshall.
In the Final, Renshall faced Szofi Ozbas (HUN), who has enjoyed groovy success at Junior level, beingness crowned Inferior European and Junior World Champion in 2019.
Renshall went a waza-ari score upwards as the contest reached its halfway signal and despite multiple Ozbas attacks tardily on, Renshall never looked threatened and continued to boss the grip to secure her 4thGrand Slam championship.
Catch upwards –
British Judo are pleased to announce the fighters selected during the first phase selections for the European Championships due to take place in Sofia, Bulgaria from 29th April – ist May.
British Judo has enjoyed bully success at the European Championships over the years and will be looking to continue that medal winning success at the first of three major championships to be held in 2022.
Chelsie Giles (-52kg) won bronze at the European Games in 2019, a result which acted as a catalyst every bit she went on to claim Olympic bronze in Tokyo.
Sam Hall made a winning return to the IJF World Bout in September taking gold at the Zagreb Grand Prix before taking bronze at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. The old European Inferior Championship silver medallist volition compete in the -60kg category.
Lucy Renshall (-63kg), the 2018 European Championship bronze medallist and former European Junior and U23 Champion, enjoyed a fantastic cease to 2021 picking up a silver medal at the Paris One thousand Slam before topping the podium at the Baku and Abu Dhabi Grand Slam'southward. Renshall started her year in Paris where she narrowly missed out on a medal finishing vthursday.
Joining Renshall in the -63kg category is Gemma Howell. Howell, who picked up a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships in the -70kh category, recently stepped back downwards to the -63kg category for the Paris Olympic bike, a conclusion that recently paid off equally she made her first G Slam final in Tel Aviv.
2019 European Junior Title statuary medallist Lachlan Moorhead makes his senior European Championship debut. Moorhead claimed bronze at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in November.
Another fighter making their senior European Championship debut is Kelly Petersen-Pollard. The 2019 European Inferior Champion has made a seamless transition to the senior ranks and already had three Grand Slam bronze medals to her proper noun.
Petersen-Pollard will be joined in the -70kg category by European U23 Championship silver medallist Jemima Yeats-Brown. Yeats-Brown is another fighter who has stepped downwardly a weight category for the Paris bike, having previously competed at -78kg.
Natalie Powell and Emma Reid compete in the -78kg category. Powell, who final competed at the Abu Dhabi K Slam in November, taking statuary, has three European bronze medals to her proper name.
Reid has rocked upward the globe rankings following the return to international contest. Reid medalled in eight of her nine competitions in 2021 including taking aureate at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. Two 5th place finishes in 2022 at the Portugal Grand Prix and Paris Grand Slam at present see Reid sit fifteenth in the world rankings.
Following the starting time wave team selection, British Judo Operation Manager Nigel Donohue said: "Nosotros are pleased to accept selected nine fighters at the first stage selection for the 2022 Senior European Championships in what is the offset of two major championships for our GB Judo senior team in 2022.
"Given that nosotros have a number of fighters currently in stiff positions in the globe rankings that have a proven full-blooded at this level, the European Championships is another opportunity to win a major championship medal as nosotros prepare for the start of Paris Olympic Games qualification menstruum which starts in June and the World Championships in October. I am expecting that, post Antalya Grand Slam in Apr, nosotros will be in a position to select a number of additional fighters at the second stage pick beyond the Men and Women's team, where we will exist sending a strong Team to these Championships."
The GB Judo team will exist finalised during the terminal selection meeting that will take identify on calendar week commencing 4th April.
Stage I European Championship Team Selections:
| Weight | Name |
| -60kg | Sam Hall |
| -81kg | Lachlan Moorhead |
| -52kg | Chelsie Giles |
| -63kg | Lucy Renshall |
| -63kg | Gemma Howell |
| -70kg | Kelly Petersen-Pollard |
| -70kg | Jemima Yeats-Brown |
| -78kg | Natalie Powell |
| -78kg | Emma Reid |
The British Judo Championships returned this weekend with our Pre-Cadet and Cadet judoka battling it out to be crowned British Champion at the EIS, Sheffield.
Sabbatum saw our Pre-Cadet Girls and Cadet Boys have to the tatami, whilst Lord's day was reserved for our Pre-Cadet Boys and Buck Girls.
Cadet Boys
The -73kg category was arguably the weight category of the twenty-four hour period with some fantastic loftier energy contests on prove. Budokwai'sBen Levy emerged victorious following a Last competition against Coventry JC'sEryk Neumann.Luke Davies (Ealing JC) andEden Heffernan (Pro Judo) completed the podium, taking bronze.
The -66kg category was the most contested with 35 entrants.Mounir Baaziz (Ealing JC) defeatedDerek Marczak (Judo Sensei London) to claim gold and be crowned British Champion.
Tonbridge JC'southKyras Chambers-Edutie continued his 2021 winning streak, afterward taking golden at the Welsh Open up, by adding -55kg gold to the -46kg gilt he won back in 2019.
Charlie Ayre (Gateshead JC) entered the -60kg as top seed and certainly lived up to that ranking as he emerged victorious following victory overNoah Gargett (JC Osaka) in the Terminal.
Hibari Kan JC'sBlake Rodman (-46kg),Alfie Mitchell (Middlesbrough JC, -50kg),Aleksander Stojanowski (Judo Sensi London, -81kg),William Andrews (The Sheffield JC, -90kg) andDaniel Ede(Westcroft JC, +90kg) were too crowned British Champions.
Cadet Girls
Kenady Raine (-57kg) needed simply xx seconds to accept gold in the -57kg last. Later on the Gateshead JC judoka defeated top seed Chloe Link in the semi-terminal, she threwSunny Doig (Just Judo) for ippon score in the opening exchanges. There was further success for Gateshead JC asAnya Hassan won the +70kg category.
Not to be outdone by Riane,Olivia Delahunty (Newbury JC), also won her -63kg last inside the opening 25 seconds of the contest, throwingMillie Bayliss (Dragons Academy) to claim the gold medal.
Tonbridge JC claimed a farther gold medal every bitCharlotte Jenman defeatedLola Hodson (Dragons Academy) in the -52kg final.
Emma McCabe (Titan Judo, -44kg),Amelia Alder (JC Osaka, -48kg),Julia Marczak (Judo Sensi London, -70kg) were all crowned British Champions.
Pre-Cadet Boys
Vasiliy Menshykov(Garioch JC, -42kg) was crowned British Champion in the -42kg category, following a Final victory overOliver Bigger (Pudsey JC).
Archie Strang (Danderhall JC, -46kg) added the British title to the Welsh Open he won earlier this twelvemonth.
Palavani JC had two British Champions equallyNikoloz Shengelia won the -50 kg final andLuka Gigilashvili the -55kg.
In that location was a domicile club feel to the -60kg final asLenny Tancock andBilly Simpson, both Bishops Stortford JK, battled it out for gold with Tancock emerging victorious.
Isaac Callaghan (Destination Judo, -34kg),Evan Anderson (Blyth Juno Michi, -38kg),Asa Ward (Kangei JC, -66kg)Jack Williams (Team Bath, -73kg),Zakaria Zair (Camberley JC, +73kg) were also victorious in their respective weight categories and crowned British Champions.
Pre-Cadet Girls
Eight British Judo champions were crowned on the opening 24-hour interval of the Championships. The -48kg category was the most contested with 12 entrants. Kin Ryu JC'sLucy Robinson emerged victorious after a Final contest withZaffira Edwards (Whitburn JC).
It was a battle betwixt e and w in the Final of the -52kg category equally Tonbridge JC'sKeira Semetefaced Bradley Stoke JC'sEllie Shipp. It was Semete who claimed the Gilded following a throw for ippon score.
Tees Valley JC had ii champions every bitEvie Church won the -40kg category andRosey Kett was crowned -44kg champion.
Sara Coni (Mikes JC, -36kg),Lori Buchan (Destination Judo, -57kg),Maya Aubert-Gomez (Ealing JC, -63kg) andChloe Allen (Bishops Stortford JC, -70kg) were also crowned British Champions.
Lucy Renshall continued her impressive recent form to win gold at the Baku Grand Slam today whilst Kelly Petersen-Pollard continues to print in her debut yr on the IJF World Tour by winning bronze. Adding to the silver medal won past Chelsie Giles on the opening solar day.
Following an opening round bye, Lucy Renshall produced a great piece of progressive newaza to defeat Gabriella Moraes (BRA) to win her Pool and progress safely to the Semi-Finals where she faced Katharina Haecker (AUS).
Haecker was awarded three penalization shidos in the Semi-Final handing victory and a place in the Final to Renshall, where she faced Gankhaich Bold (MGL).
In the closing stages of the contest, Renshall trusted in her ability in newaza over again to hold her opponent downward for 20 seconds and claim her 2nd Thou Slam aureate medal of the yr.
Kelly Petersen-Pollard was narrowly defeated in her Quarter-Concluding contest confronting Millena Silva (BRA), a waza-ari score in the closing seconds of the contest enough to encounter the Brazilian through to the Semi-Finals whilst Petersen-Pollard progressed to the Repechage for a change to fight in the bronze medal contest.
A single waza-ari score was enough to run across Petersen-Pollard defeat Gunel Hasanli (AZE) to book her place in the bronze medal friction match and face up Julie Hoelterhoff (GER).
Petersen-Pollard registered a seoi-nage in the opening minute for waza-ari score with a 2d waza-ari coming in the concluding 40-seconds to merits the bronze medal, and her first at a Thousand Slam consequence.
On the opening 24-hour interval of the Zagreb Grand Prix, Sam Hall marked his render to the IJF World Tour by winning golden.
Former European Inferior Championship silver medallist Hall (-60kg) was competing for the first time on the international circuit since The Hague Grand Prix dorsum in 2017.
He defeated Maximilian Heyder (GER) in the opening round before victory over Jolan Florimont (FRA) in Golden Score to book his identify in the Semi-Finals, where he faced elevation seed Matan Kokolayev (ISR).
It took Hall just 60-seconds to volume his place in the Last, turning his opponent with obi-tori-gaeshi and pinning him for ippon score.
Hall faced former European Inferior Champion Angelo Pantano (ITA) in the final. Hall went a score down early on, but did not panic and trusted his groundwork that had worked and then well throughout the earlier rounds to forcefulness his opponent to submit with a strangle.
Hall admitted it felt strange to exist dorsum after then long away: "There were a few occasions I felt frozen in the center of the mat, and then it helped having Dennis (Stewart) in my corner throughout the solar day. He definitely helped me go through the 24-hour interval and proceed my caput straight and on the plan.
"The competition was an opportunity to go dorsum out and run into where I am at compared to the rest of the word and it was a relief to be able to perform the way I did. I take had a lot of back up from all the local clubs like Ryecroft and Wolverhampton, however I wouldn't be hither without Fitzroy Davies and Hardy Spicer 83. It really has been a team endeavour to go back here and I can't await for the next one!"
Acelya Toprak defeated Panamerican Junior Champion Mariah Holguin (USA) in the opening round. The American fighter picking upwardly a 3rd shido during Gold Score.
In the Quarter-Finals Toprak faced Priscilla Gneto (FRA). Toprak went a score down at the half-way marker of the contest before the French fighter picked upwardly an elbow injury in the final minute. Toprak attacked her opponent, trying to find a score to level or win the contest, or force her opponent to pick upward a third shido. However, the French fighter managed to survive the relentless Toprak attacks to progress to the Semi-Finals.
In the Repechage Toprak faced Flaka Loxha (KOS), in the 7th minute of the contest Toprak picked upwards a iiirdshido, meaning she finished 7th.
Entering the contest seeded 8th, Amy Platten (-48kg) defeated Ana Budescu (ROU) in Round ii, following an opening round bye. 2 uchi-mata scores enough to run across Platten through to the Quarter-Finals to face Melanie Vieu (FRA).
The friction match entered Gilt Score with Vieu needed to attack as she had 2 shido's to Platten's one. A 2nd shido for Platten levelled the score and as the contest passed the 7-minute mark Vieu booked her place in the Semi-Final with an osaekomi.
Platten was later defeated in the Repechage contest by Katarina Tanzer, again by osaekomi, meaning she finished seventh.
Alexander Curt's opening round contest, in the -66kg category, confronting 2020 European U23 Championship argent medallist Robert Klacar (CRO) was an open attacking match. Short conceded a score in the final 40 seconds to take the contest to Aureate Score, but a 2d score for Short saw him through to Round 2.
In the second round Short was defeated by Bodgan Iadov (UKR). Two waza-ari scores for Iadov enough to run across him through to the Quarter-Finals.
Josie Steele had a tough opening round contest against superlative seed and Tokyo Olympic Games fiveth placed fighter Kaja Kajzer (SLO).
Despite dominating the majority of the contest, Steele was unable to annals a score and as the contest entered Golden Score the experience of Kajzer saw her score with a seoi-nage to progress to the side by side round.
Gregg Varey (-66kg) was defeated in his opening round competition against Sarajevo European Open aureate medallist Ivo Verhorstert (NED).
Tomorrow sees Kelly Petersen-Pollard and Jemima Yeats-Dark-brown compete in the -70kg category, whilst Eric Ham and Dan Powell compete in the -73kg category.
Activeness starts at 11:00am with Final Block scheduled to commence at 16:00.
British Judo will bring y'all a recap of how all your British fighters perform each twenty-four hours and you can follow the action on the British Judo social media channels. You tin can also spotter the activeness live on the British Judo homepage.
On the final twenty-four hour period of the IBSA Grand Prix Warwick Chris Skelley and Elliot Stewart both claimed bronze medals in the concluding Paralympic qualification event before the Tokyo Games this summer.
World number 1 Chris Skelley had an opening round bye before defeating Oleksandr Pominov (UKR) with a newaza strangle. Nevertheless, a mistake in the semi-final against Sulaymon Alaev (UZB) saw him defeated, dropping into the bronze medal match to face Sharif Khalilov (UZB).
With nothing between the two fighters at the end of the mandatory 4 minutes, the contest entered Golden Score where Skelley scored with a tomenage to claim the statuary medal.
In the -90kg category Elliot Stewart had an opening round bye earlier defeating Panamerican Champion Arthur Cavalcante Da Silva (BRA) to set upwards a Semi-Last competition against European silvery medallist Helios Latchoumanaya (FRA).
Defeat confronting Latchoumanaya progressed Stewart to the statuary medal friction match to face teammate Cameron Bradley.
Bradley threw Ricky Ties (USA) with a driblet seionage in the opening round before being defeated by Paralympic silver medallist Oleksandr Nazarenko (UKR) in the Quarter-Last. Victory in the Repechage against Hector Espinoza (VEN) gear up up a bronze medal contest confronting teammate Stewart.
A unmarried waza-ari score was plenty to carve up the two fighters in the bronze medal match with Stewart taking the bronze and Bradley finishing 5th.
Jack Hodgson had an opening round bye before facing Paralympic statuary medallist Yordani Fernandez-Sastre (CUB) who threw him for ippon with a sasae-tsurikomi-ashi.
In the bronze medal match Hodgson faced Wilians Araujo (BRA). Hodgson was by far the more dominant fighter but with no score on the board and each fighter with two waza-ari scores Hodgson was countered and thrown for ippon.
In the -81kg category Dan Powell defeated the current Panamerican silver medallist Gerardo Rodriguez Reyes (CUB) in the Quarter Last after an opening circular farewell.
He was withdrawn from his semi-final contest against top seed Jung Min Lee (KOR) as a precaution, pregnant he finished 5th.
Meanwhile Molloy was defeated by Galymzhan Smagululy (KAZ) in the opening circular afterward being countered following a mistake.
Chris Skelley claimed silver at the IBSA Baku Grand Prix, the penultimate Paralympic qualification result before the Tokyo Paralympic Games later this yr.
The Baku Grand Prix is the outset contest that the British Judo VI team accept competed in since the Tbilisi World Loving cup back in Feb 2020.
Skelley won his Pool, defeating Sulaymon Alaev (UZB) in the quarter-terminal, following an opening round bye. Despite going a waza-ari score down early in the contest, world number 1, Skelley, who is so dominant with his background, won the contest with some excellent newaza to fix a semi-final contest confronting Oliver Upmann (GER).
Another dominant newaza display from Skelley saw him defeat Upmann to book his place in the final to face up earth number 2, and Rio Olympic Champion, Zviad Gogotchuri (GEO).
The last was a real battle between the world'due south height two fighters in the -100kg category, just it was the experience of the current Paralympic Champion that saw him defeat Skelley past scoring two waza-ari'southward.
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