Road to Paris: GB Judo Team Progress

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7 hours ago, Rafa Maciel said:

Chelise Giles takes silver in the 52Kg division in Antalya 

 

Nekoda Smythe-Davis made it through to the round of 16 and nets about 150 points so probably not enough to move her up the rankings but she will stay in quota spot. 

 

Lele Nairne lost her first round match so will just get 10 participation points.

 

Sam Hall, as expected, was no match for Abe and although he picks up 120 points, it will only be a net gain of 20 points and will have limited effect on his ranking position.

I see Charlie Young made it to the third round, albeit with a  bye

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None of the Brits make it through to the medal matched on day 2 in Antalya

 

Lachlan Moorhead got through to the round of 16 before losing out to  Vedat Albayrak. He'll pick up 160 points for a net gain of 90. Unfortunately, the folks above him in the rankings probably also did enough to maintain the status-quo. 

 

Ethan Nairne lost in the first round of the 73Kg class so gets 10 participation points.

 

Lucy Renshall had a bit of an off day, losing in the round of 16 against  Kim Jisu. 

 

Katie Jemima Yeats Brown won her first round match but lost out in the round of 32 against  Rodriguez. This will have no impact on her ranking points.

 

Kelly Peterson Pollard lost her first round match so will only be awarded the 10 participation points. 

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Not sure there was much in the way of an announcement, but it looks like the Gb squad for the Europeans at the end of this month is:

 

Sam Hall - 66Kg

Charlie Young - 66Kg

Lachlan Moorhead - 81Kg

Jamal Petgrave - 90Kg

Rhys Thompson - 100Kg

Oliver Barratt - 100Kg

 

Nekoda Smythe-Davis - 57Kg

Lele Nairn - 57Kg

Lucy Renshall - 63Kg

Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown - 70Kg

Kelley Peterson- Pollard - 70Kg

Emma Reid - 78Kg

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Pretty shocking set of results from European Champs - GBR won just 2 fights across the 10 athletes we had competing.  

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Looks like they've given up on getting Sam Hall into a continental quota spot - he could be injured, but from what I can see, he's not scheduled to compete again before the end of the qualifying window as fat as I can see.

 

Lachlan Moorhead has 2 more competitions - he's in the Dushanbe Grand Slam this weekend, before travelling to Abu Dhabi where he will be 1 of only 2 British men competing in the World Championships. Moorhead is currently about 500 points short of a guaranteed quota spot.  His potential discard scores are 112 and 120 so realistically needs top-8 finishes in both events to get into a quota spot.  

 

This weekend, Moorhead is up against  Sayfidin Sayfidinzova in the round of 32. If he gets through that, he would face the winner of  Maarten de Ridder or  Zaur Dvalashvili. 

 

Like Moorhead, Jamal Petgrave is competing in both Tajikistan and Abu Dhabi. He is about a 1,000 points short of the automatic quotas so he will be relying on a continental quota if he wants to get to Paris - but we need to bear in mind that we can't get 2 continental quotas. He has better discards available - a 112 and a 10. This weekend he has drawn  Sami Chouchi in the first round with  Tselidis waiting in the round of 16. 

 

Rhys Thompson is competing in Dushanbe Grand Slam this weekend but is too far down the rankings to be in contention for a quota.

 

Lele Nairne is in Tajikistan this weekend and will face  Rahmiya Khanjarbekova in the first round. Currently Nekoda Smythe Davis is in the final qualifying spot for the 57Kg class but she isn't competing. Instead, she will be compete in Kazakhstan and Abu Dhabi. It's looking a little ominous in this class - I think there is every chance that Smythe-Davis will fall out of automatic qualifying spot and will need to rely on a continental quota - if that's the case, it would prevent the British guys from qualifying.

 

Both Kelly Petersen-Pollard and Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown are competing in Tajikistan before travelling to Kazakhstan and Abu Dhabi. his weekend, they are fighting  Rasoanaivo Razafy and  Issoufi respectively. Both are currently in qualifying spot and probably should be safe for a ticket to Paris. 

 

Finally, both Emma Reid and Nathalie Powell have been drawn in the same pool in Tajikistan. Reid will face  Karla Prodan and Powell faces  Darya Kantsavaya. Both Reid and Powell will go on to Kazakhstan and Abu Dhabi later this month.