Russian judoka Daria Kurbonmamadova said on that she greatly appreciated the gold medal won on Friday at the European Championships in Montpellier (France).
On Friday, Kurbonmamadova won a gold medal at the European Championships in the weight category up to 57 kg. In the final, the 29-year-old athlete defeated Serbian Marika Perisic by performing an ippon technique.
— For me, it is now a very important medal. Things haven’t been going well for me lately. I felt strong, I knew and believed that the medal was coming. I was just missing a little something, like I was unlucky. Today, everything finally fell into place. I think it’s natural.
Just two weeks ago I fought in Abu Dhabi and it didn’t go very well. I seemed to have in mind that the European Championships were an important start. We managed to pull ourselves together, overcome the most difficult paths and win. “I am very happy,” Kurbonmamadova said on the air of the program “Everyone for the match!”. on the channel.
Also on Friday, another Russian judoka Sabina Gilyazova won a bronze medal in the weight category up to 48 kg. In the small final, the 29-year-old athlete beat Slovenian Marusha Stangar with an ippon technique. For Gilyazova, this bronze medal at the European Championship became the second of her career; in 2021, during the tournament in Lisbon (Portugal), she also became the third.
“Of course I feel joy, but I still wanted to get on the top step of the podium. I already have bronze, I would like gold. It was a very difficult day, but I am happy with the bronze medal, yes,” Gilyazova noted on .
Russians participate in competitions in France as neutral athletes.
Watch live broadcasts of the European Judo Championship on the TV channels of the Match holding company, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source : MatchTV
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