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GB’s Sarah Adlington
won her second World Cup bronze medal for 2010 at the Bucharest
World Cup, adding to her bronze medal win at the Sofia World Cup
earlier this year.
Elsewhere Colin Oates,
who competed as part of a seven-strong men’s team at the Madrid
World Cup, took a 5th place.
Competing as part of
a five-strong women’s team in Romania on the weekend of the 5th
-6th June, Adlington was the only medal winner.
The Brit won her first
two fights against Ksenia Chibisova of Russia and Beatrice Reitz
of Germany by han-soku-make.
Progressing to the semi-final,
the +78kg fighter faced Ukraine’s young talent Iryna Kinderska,
who is ranked world number one in the junior rankings.
Both players received
penalty points, but the Ukrainian kept the pressure on for an
ippon win.
Commenting on the fight
afterwards, Adlington said, “I didn’t know Kinderska was junior
no.1 going into the fight. She was a big girl, but not unbeatable.”
Left to fight Zarina
Abdrassulova of Kazakhstan for third place, Adlington took the
upper hand, leading with a waza-ari to her opponent’s only yuko
point. She then secured the bronze medal with an ippon score.
“It is always good to
pick up a bronze after losing a semi-final and it felt good to
fight in another World Cup.”
Adlington is placed
20th in World Rankings and recently took a gold medal on home
soil at the British Open Championships.
Oates had a clean run
through his four preliminary rounds, with a satisfying win over
Russia’s Mikhail Pulyaev, who Oates has previously lost to.
Commenting on the fight,
Oates said, “It was a tough fight against Pulyaev, I have fought
him before and lost, so I was really pleased to beat him this
time for a place in the semi final.”
The Brit then lost his
semi-final fight to Hyon Kuk Hong (Democratic People’s Republic
of Korea) by ippon.
Left to fight Jun Hyun
Cho of South Korea for the bronze medal, both players were penalised
early on in the fight. Oates then went up a yuko point for his
opponent’s second shido, but the fight ended with an ippon win
for Cho.
Confident in his ability,
Oates said, “I am starting to prove myself at a higher level and
perform well on the World Circuit. In previous years I have produced
some good results at ‘B’ Tournaments and I am now stepping up
to the next level.”
Sarah
Adlington at the 2010 British Open
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Mike Varey
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