Sport in Short: Judo
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (Athens): MEN: Heavyweight (over 95kg) Final: D Khakhaleishvili (Geor) bt D Douillet (Fr) ippon. Third place: F Moller (Ger) bt R Kubacki (Pol). Light-heavyweight (under 95kg) Final: S Traineau (Fr) bt T Etlinger (Aut) ippon. Third place: L Svirid (Bela) bt A Kovacs (Hung). Middleweight (under 86kg): P Tayot (Fr) bt A Magomadov (Mol) ippon. Third place: O Maltsev (Rus) bt A Smeets (Neth). Light-middleweight (under 78kg): D Yandzi (Fr) bt S Liparteliani (Geor) ippon. Third place: J Laats (Bel) bt A Timochkine (Rus). WOMEN: Heavyweight (over 72kg) Final: M Van Der Lee (Neth) bt S Goundarenko (Rus) decision. Third place: N Lupino (Fr) bt B Maksimow (Pol). Light-heavyweight (under 72kg) Final: L Meignan (Fr) bt U Werbrouck (Bel) ippon. Third place: K Howey (GB) bt K Kienhuis (Neth). Middleweight (under 66kg): A Dubois (Fr) bt C Cowey (GB) decision. Third place: C Zwiers (Neth) bt E Pierantozzi (It). Light-middleweight (under 61kg): Y Arad (Isr) bt G Van de Caveye (Bel) waza-ari. Third place: D Bell (GB) bt C Fleury-Vachon (Fr).
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