POTSDAM- On November 17 and 18, the European U23 Championship took place in Potsdam, Germany. Seven judokas defended the Belgian tricolor. Jarne Duyck took silver, three judokas finished in seventh place.
Below is an overview of the matches.
Jente Verstraeten (-48kg/ Royal Inter Gembloux Wavre/JWB) – 7th Place
Round 1: Victory vs. Marharyta Miroshnichenko (UKR)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Merve Azak (TUR)
Repechage: Defeat vs. Rebeka Rita Koszegi (HUN)
Alessia Corrao (-63kg/RJC Visé/JWB) – 7th Place
Round 1: Victory vs. Emily Starzer (AUT)
Round 2: Victory vs. Charlotte Von Leupoldt (GER)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Amanda Zuaznabar-Torres (ROU)
Repechage: Defeat vs. Brigitta Varga (HUN)
Gabrielle Bouvier (+78kg/JC Sambreville/JWB)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Carmen Dijkstra (NED)
Olivier Naert (-60kg/Yama-Arashi JC Bavikhove)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Defeat vs. Rastko Andjelovic (SRB)
Zelemkhan Batchaev (-73kg/Judoteam Alen) – 7th Place
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Ethan Nairne (GBR)
Round 3: Victory vs. Filip Ivanka (CZE)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Kote Kapanadze (GEO)
Repechage: Defeat vs. Nariman Mirzayev (AZE)
Mouhammad Gazaloev (-73kg/JC Bastogne)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Olaf Loska (POL)
Jarne Duyck (-81kg/JC Kawaishi Ingelmunster) – Silver
Round 1: Victory vs. Daniel Pochop (CZE)
Round 2: Victory vs. Vadym Leontiev (UKR)
Quarter-Final: Victory vs. Bern Fasching (AUT)
Semi-Final: Victory vs. Eetu Ihanamaki (FIN)
Final: Defeat vs. Zaur Dvalashvili (GEO)