Judo EJU European Championships 2021

[phelps 7,680]

2 hours ago, Vektor said:

Well, that was strange, even the Hungarian commentators thought that it was a weird call to give the match to Pupp with that. Buy hey, she did a great job today, the COVID break clearly benefited her looking at her recent results. She might even have a shot at an Olympic medal. 

well, today I've seen a lot of dubious calls...

 

the worst of them all I think it was the quarterfinal decisive shido against the spaniard Gaitero against the home hero Crisostomo, who should have got the 3rd shido at least 10 times before they absolutely turned the decisive call around...

 

also Pupp benefited from very permissive refereeing (other than the bronze medal match outcome, in the quarterfinal match against Giuffrida it took 6 mins before the ref started to call some shido against her -and then he gave her 3 in a couple of mins, which is painful, even if deserved in her case)...

 

in general, I saw a very much different idea of refereeing compared to the IJF's grand prix and grand slam tournament...defensive, passive and destructive judo has been a lot more tolerated than normal, today... 

 

under this circumstance, Amandine Bouchard and Manuel Lombardo's performances must be highlighted...they put a show on all day long with flashy ippons all over their unlucky opponents...

they really looked in Olympic shape...

[rybak 3,218]

Both Agata Perenc and Julia Kowalczyk have lost in first round  

[CCB 565]

The Dutch Judo-federation has a problem. This European Championship was the last moment that counted for the decision between Polling and Van Dijke in the women's -70 category. Polling was in a much better position prior to the European Championship, but Van Dijke won the gold today (with a lot of luck, because she had an easy route to the final and was without a chance against Pinot in that final).

 

A difficult choice! I would choose Polling, she is the better judoka and in my opinion she has a better chance of gold.

[heywoodu 15,148]

Henk Grol beat Roy Meyer in a rather unfriendly matchup, which should seal the Olympic deal for Grol  

[heywoodu 15,148]

17 hours ago, CCB said:

but Van Dijke won the gold today (with a lot of luck, because she had an easy route to the final and was without a chance against Pinot in that final).

How did Van Dijke win the gold if she was without a chance against Pinot in the final?  

[CCB 565]

4 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How did Van Dijke win the gold if she was without a chance against Pinot in the final?  

Eh ... without a chance till the moment she made the ippon . It looked hopeless until then (two 'yellow cards')

[heywoodu 15,148]

2 minutes ago, CCB said:

Eh ... without a chance till the moment she made the ippon . It looked hopeless until then (two 'yellow cards')

Well, then I think Van Dijke should get the ticket. She took her chance when she had it, Polling did not.

[rybak 3,218]

It's so nice to see that our women wins gold here, well done 

[Monzanator 4,507]

Polish judo has shown signs of life again. I was hoping Julia Kowalczyk does a lot better though. Maybe she saves her best for OG