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Great Britain finished
third in the medal table out of the 22 nations that took part
in the 2009 German Open, winning five medals. Russia topped the
medal table followed by the hosts Germany.
Sally Conway (-70kg), who
won bronze at last year’s German Open in 2008, took the only GB
gold medal. Conway stormed through to the final beating Kazakhstani
Marian Urdabayeva, lljana Marzok and Barbara Bandel of Germany
in the early rounds, to then beat Linda Bolder of the Netherlands
in the final.
Kimberley Rennicks performed
well and beat two Russians and Romanian Olympic Champion Alina
Dumitru in the early rounds of the -48kg contest, but lost to
Wasilisa Prill of Germany in the final and had to settle for silver.
The only male player from
the GB team to reach the rostrum was Ashley McKenzie, who took
the -60kg silver medal. McKenzie fought hard in his first rounds
beating Thomas Cadoux Duc of France in the first round, Senne
Wyns of Belgium in the second round, Amrian Papainasahvili of
Georgia in the semis but lost to Beslan Mudranov of Russia in
the final.
Britain won two medals
in the +78kg weight category - bronze medals from GB’s Karina
Bryant and Sarah Adlington.
Bryant defeated a German
and two Russian players in the early rounds before meeting Tea
Donguzashvili in the semi. Bryant, who has beaten Donguzashvili
twice in European Championship finals, faced her rival once again
but lost and took the bronze medal.
Adlington also lost her
semi final against 2009 European gold medallist Elena Ivashchrnko
of Russia to take the second bronze. Adlington beat Christina
Krahe and Franziska Konitz of Germany before facing Ivashchrnko
in the semis.
Other results from the
GB team saw Colin Oates take 5th place, Winston Gorden 5th place,
Tom Reed 7th Place, Andrew Burns 7th place, Sarah Clark 7th place
and Lindsay Purves 7th place.
Sally
Conway with her gold medal
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David Finch
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