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The University of Bath’s
Jan Gosiewski stunned 2010 World bronze medalist Yasuhiro Awano
from Japan en route to a fifth-place finish at the World University
Games in Shenzhen, China.
The -73kg judoka caught
the eye as he reeled off wins against Mongolian Myagmarsuren Dashnyam,
Hungarian Ervin Horvath and Chinese judoka Yang Wenchago. Gosiewski
narrowly lost out in the quarter-finals to Korea’s former world
junior champion Kim Won-Jung.
In the repechage the British Trials
silver medalist produced one of the biggest wins of his career
as he toppled Japan’s 2010 World bronze medallist and world number
eight Yasuhiro Awano.
In the bronze medal contest
a battling Gosiewski lost out to Brazilian Marcel Contini.
Jan
Gosiewski in preliminary round action
Pictures © Nicola Hargreaves, British Universities & Colleges
Sport (BUCS)
"I’m feeling a
whole cocktail of emotions at the moment,” said the Briton.
"A lot of really
good things come out of the competition for me, I won four of
my six fights and overall I was fighting well. I felt good but
it was offset by how close I got to a medal.”
British Judo Development
Coach Darren Warner, who's leading Britain's judo delegation in
China, said: “Jan done very well in beating fighters from Hungary,
Mongolia, China and Japan.”
Jan
talks to Chinese media after bronze medal contest
Teammates Tom Reed, Megan
Fletcher and Theo Spalding-McIntosh exited the competition in
the preliminary rounds.
The men will be in action
once more as they join forces for the team competition on Thursday.
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