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Olympian Euan Burton
scored an impressive ippon over British team-mate Tom Reed in
the final of the men’s -81kg as he helped the GB team finish the
2009 GB World Cup with four gold, one silver and four bronze medals.
Edinburgh-based Burton,
who took on some world-class judoka through the day, went into
the all British final knowing Reed would fight hard for the gold
medal.
Reed went into the lead
early on with a yuko point but Burton earned one back half-way
through. Burton showed his experience to capitalise on his yuko
and threw Reed for an ippon to claim his World Cup title.
“It has been a good
day,” Burton said. “It was a tough final because we know each
others judo well. It wasn't my best performance but I have beaten
some good guys like Stevens and Canto.
“I think it is a disadvantage fighting your team mate. It is really
nerve wracking and it was a really tough fight. Tom fought really
well. I am British number one and I was against an up and coming
athlete so there was a lot of pride at stake. But I think it was
really good for the British crowd to have an all British final.”
Reed won the silver
medal with the bronze medals going to Dennis Huck (Germany) and
Murat Khabachirov (Russia).
Sarah Adlington entered
the arena looking confident after having excellent fights through
the first rounds of the +78kg category.
Adlington was drawn
into the final against Lucia Tangorre (Italy) and scored two yukos
through the match but it was the hold that the Brit secured onto
Tangorre that won her the match.
On her gold medal Adlington
commented: “I am pretty happy with that. I am pleased with the
performance throughout the day. There weren’t so many heavyweights
here this year but it was good to fight some different athletes
today.
“My goal is to keep
improving as we head towards the London Olympics.”
Sian Wilson (-78kg)
was called into action at the last minute for the repechage due
to a revised decision that led to Annika Heise (Germany) being
disqualified. Wilson faced Maike Heinz from Germany in the bronze
medal fight.
Wilson started the fight
well and got yuko onto the scoreboard to help settle her into
the match. But it was an impressive ippon throw that secured the
bronze medal for Wilson.
“It wasn't the best
way to prepare for a fight,” Wilson said. “I was already back
at the hotel. I think though that it didn't give me an opportunity
to get nervous. I was just stressed which was probably good because
I could use that emotion in my fight.
“It was really important
to me to win that medal. I haven’t had many good results this
year so it has been good to get the medal here. The crowd and
the kids have been really good. They have been saying well done
even if you have lost which is just great.”
Amy Cotton (Canada)
won the second bronze and the gold and silver medals went to Assunta
Galeone (Italy) and Catherine Roberge (Canada).
Peter Cousins (-100kg)
lost his bronze medal fight against Frederic Stiegelmann (France).
Cousins had a yuko but Stiegelmann scored a waza-ari to beat the
Brit to the medal.
Chris Sherrington took
on Sergey Prokin (Russia) in the +100kg weight category and lost
to two waza-aris to miss the bronze medal.
To see the highlights
of the last two days action tune into Sky Sports 3 on Wednesday
7 October at 8.00pm.
Media Contact:
Nicola Turner
British Judo Association
(t) 01509 631695
nicolaturner@britishjudo.org.uk
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