Ukrainian national team did well on the junior Europe championship, that ended
in Budapest yesterday. Young Ukrainian judoists surpassed on the amount of
medals Russian team, which got the second place, and recognized European judo
leaders - Germany, France and Holland, says SE-Internet correspondent Boris
TITOV.
Russian appearance in the Hungary was also very successful. Irina Goremikina
(Khanti-Mansijsk) and Alexander Burilev (Perm) won bronze medals on the final
day of the championship. On the whole our juniors won 6 medals, among them two
golden ones, which is a great step forward comparing to the last year's result
- four bronze medals.
The prizes were won by the representatives of 24 countries. Belorussian
sportsmen are in the top eight - the progress made by the former soviet
republics is manifest. To compare: on the last Old World Championship Ukraine
was the 17th, Russia - 15th and Belorussia - 12th.
European championship among juniors (up to 20 years). Budapest
The third day
Men
Up to 60 kg
Sergey Novikov (Belorussia)
Greg Falown (UK)
Itan Mazor (Israel) and Marco Gaudana (Italy)
Up to 66 kg
Ionel Busanu (Romania)
Vladimir Oleinik (Moldavia)
Alexander Burilov (Russia) and Stanislav Knish (Ukrain)
Women
Up to 48 kg.
Tatiana Lushnikova (Ukraine)
Alina Dumitru (Romania)
Irina GOREMIKINA (Russia) and Linn Dum (Belgium)
Up to 52 kg.
Annabel Eurenier (France)
Patricia Grabovski (Germany)
Zhuzha Fekete (Hungary) and Petra Narex (Slovenia)
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