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Britain have won five medals, including
a gold from Euan Burton, at the Moscow Super World Cup, which
took place on the 5th-6th May.
Burton, who beat Germany’s
Ole Bishchof in the final, demonstrated both tactical awareness
and mental strength throughout the competition, constantly adapting
his style to win the well deserved gold.
Peter Cousin’s won silver in the –100kg
weight category, losing on a penalty score to Levan Razmadze of
Georgia in a closely fought final, which could have gone to either
fighter.
There were three British
bronzes from Faith Pitman in the –57kg weight category, Michelle
Rogers in the –78kg weight category, and Winston Gordon in the
–90kg weight category.
Pitman’s bronze was
a personal best, beating some tough competition, including Germany’s
Marien Hein and three Russian’s on home soil Olga Sonina, Tatiana
Shushakova, and Nana Yukhareva.
Sarah Clark finished
just outside the medals in the –63kg weight category, in 5th place.
James Millar finished 7th in the -60kg weight category.
As an Olympic qualification event
the results will be a welcome boost to the points in the Olympic
qualifying ranking lists.
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2007 Moscow Super
World Cup gold medallist Euan Burton
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