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Team GB’s Judo campaign
ended on Friday (August 15) as Karina Bryant exited
the heavyweight category in her opening fight.
Bryant, a three-time
Olympian, could not overcome the efforts of Mexican Vanessa Zambotti
and was beaten by two Yukos and a Koka, to which she only had
a Koka in reply.
Zambotti later lost
to Japenese Tsukada Maki ending Bryant’s slim hopes of a return
via the repechage.
It was a disappointing
campaign for Bryant, a four-time world championship silver medallist,
who felt she had not performed to the best of her abilities.
"I’m very frustrated
- I’m more disappointed than anything, because I didn’t perform
to my full potential. Zambotti made things very difficult, but
I should have been on better form. If I had performed to my full
potential she wouldn’t have given me any problems," she said.
"I still feel pretty
raw and I will be asking myself in a few days what went wrong.
Going into the bout I felt like I hadn’t left any stones unturned.
I wouldn’t have changed anything about my approach and I came
in feeling very strong mentally and physically.
"Judo is physically
and mentally hard. I’ve been lucky. I’ve had a great support team
around me, and I’m sure they are as disappointed as I am. I’ll
be asking myself for a long time what went wrong."
© David
Finch
For further information
please contact Emma Taylor on 01509 631695 / 07875032287 or via
email emmataylor@britishjudo.org.uk
or James Sills on 01509 631670 x230 / 07967957873 or via
email jamessills@britishjudo.org.uk
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