LINZ – Van 8 tot en met 10 maart vond in het Oostenrijkse Linz de Grand Prix Upper Austria van de IJF World Judo Tour plaats. 528 judoka’s van 78 landen namen deel. Negen judoka’s van Judo Belgium traden er in het krijt. Mina Libeer pakte brons, Vicky Verschaere moest genoegen nemen met een vijfde plaats, Jarne Duyck werd zevende, maar zette wel voormalig wereldkampioen Sagi Muki opzij.
Hierna een beknopt overzicht van de kampen.
Lois Petit (-48kg/JWB)
Round 1: Victory vs. Diana Burkeyeva (KAZ)
Round 2: Defeat vs. Amanda Lima (BRA)
Amber Ryheul (-52kg/JV)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Rebekka Keller (HUN)
Round 3: Defeat vs. Ana Viktorija Puljiz (CRO)
Mina Libeer (-57kg/JV) – BRONZE
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Flaka Loxha (KOS)
Round 3: Victory vs. Mina Komiyama (JPN)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Julie Beurskens (NED)
Repechage: Victory vs. Hasret Boskurt (TUR)
Brons: Victory vs. Kanna Setoguchi (JPN)
Alessia Corrao (-63kg/JWB)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Defeat vs. Dena Pohl (GER)
Vicky Verschaere (-78kg/JV) – 5th PLACE
Round 1: Victory vs. Migle Julija Dudanaite (LTU)
Round 2: Victory vs. Petrunjela Pavic (CRO)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Rinoko Wada (JPN)
Repechage: Victory vs. Shu Huei Hsu Wang (TPE)
Bronze: Defeat vs. Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko (UKR)
Zelemkhan Batchaev (-73kg/JV)
Round 1: Victory vs. Dardan Cena (KOS)
Round 2: Defeat vs. Cole Chandler (USA)
Jarne Duyck (-81kg/JV) – 7th PLACE
Round 1: Victory vs. Magamed Borchashvili (AUT)
Round 2: Victory vs. Sagi Muki (ISR)
Round 3: Victory vs. Sibghatullah Arab (IRT)
Quarter-Final: Defeat vs. Antonio Esposito (ITA)
Repechage: Defeat vs. Bernd Fasching (AUT)
Karel Foubert (-90kg/JV)
Round 1: Defeat vs. Darko Brasnjovic (SRB)
Sami Chouchi (-90kg/JWB)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. Josip Bulic (CRO)
Round 3: Defeat vs. Robert Florentino (DOM)