The senior selection of Serbia, with eight medals won at the Euro Cup in Sarajevo, confirmed its quality, even though they stepped onto the tatami with younger forces, so in competition with 21 national teams, they took fourth place, behind the most successful Turkey, second-placed Croatia, and Russia in third position.
On the second competition day, just like 24 hours earlier, the representatives of Serbia won four medals. Today we won two silver and two bronze medals each. Silver medals were won by Anja Jovanović (up to 52 kg) and Sara Jocić (up to 57 kg), while bronze was claimed by Ana Čobanović (up to 57 kg) and Andrija Stošić (+100 kg).
Anja Jovanović was defeated in the final by Tihea Topolovec from Croatia, with a hold for an ippon after 48 seconds of the match. Anja had three fights and two victories in Sarajevo, over the representative of the Netherlands Maira Medema and the Frenchwoman Julie Weill Dit Morey.
Sara Jocić was defeated in the final by Dora Bortas from Croatia after just 43 seconds of fighting, by her rival’s hold for an ippon. Sara had a total of four fights in Sarajevo and recorded three victories.
Ana Čobnović defeated Slovenian Maša Slavinec in the duel for bronze with a hold for an ippon after 3:13 minutes. In total, she had four matches and recorded three victories. She suffered her only defeat in the first fight of the tournament against Turkish Ajsenur Budak, by her rival’s hold for an ippon after 3:35 minutes.
Andrija Stošić won the bronze by defeating János Balogh from Hungary with a hold for an ippon after 1:19 minutes of fighting. Andrija had four matches, and he suffered his only defeat in the semifinals against Aleksandr Shalimov from Russia, by his rival’s hold for an ippon after 2:20 minutes.
On the first competition day in the category over 78 kg, the gold medal for Serbia was won by Sara Marić, and Anastasija Bogdanović won the silver. Matija Jeremić (up to 66 kg) also won silver, and Marko Lojaničić (up to 73 kg) won bronze.
Seventh place yesterday was won by Milica Latković in the category up to 70 kg, and today the same position was won by Nikolina Nišavić (up to 57 kg). At the tournament in Sarajevo, 19 judokas defended the colors of Serbia, 11 in the men’s and eight in the women’s competition.
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Source: RTV Pančevo, Photo: EJU