The fourth day of the European Youth Olympic Festival [EYOF] has ended with history to be draw in the book of the Serbian judo records. Number one seeded, 2015 Cadet European Championships bronze medalist, Jovana OBRADOVIC became the first ever judoka to win an EYOF gold medal for Serbia, which was learned after her winning contest of the final at the -63kg category. “I feel great; it feels great to win a gold medal and I really don’t know what to say. I am still not fully aware of the fact that I have won this event. I feel really proud to represent Serbia on this event and to make history”, she expressed her feelings after the medal ceremony.
Serbian cadet female national coach, Dragan SPASIC also concluded Obradovic’s performance: “She won a bronze medal in Sofia at the Cadet European Championships so a medal was in plan for us today but winning gold was beyond our expectations. It is a fantastic achievements since she made history for the Serbian judo society and it was a great honour to sit in the coaching chair whilst she was fighting.”
The Russian team secured their first gold medal today by Murad KURBANISMAILOV (RUS) at the -81kg category whilst Italy gained their fourth one by Alice BELLANDI (ITA) who won the -70kg category. It is still the Italian team to lead the medal table with one last day remaining of the 2015 EYOF. The tournament will begin at 12:00 (local time) tomorrow with venture from the last three weigh categories (-90kg, +90kg, +70).
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Gold medalist -63kg: Jovana OBRADOVIC (SRB) I feel great; it feels great to win a gold medal and I really don’t know what to say. I am still not fully aware of the fact that I have won this event… I feel really proud to represent Serbia on this event and to make history. |
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Gold medalist -70kg: Alice Bellandi (ITA) “I won some silver medals but never gold. This is my biggest international success. After the European Championships I got more self confidence and consciousness of my skill. “ “The girl from Montenegro was really strong and I am very happy that I threw her in few seconds. I never tought that was possible. The secret of my success is the strong support from my club and my family who boost me to do it always better.” |
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Gold medalist -81kg: Murad KURBANISMAILOV (RUS) “I am very happy that I brought this gold medal to Russia. All my fights were different but each of them physical hard. I felt a big responsibility because this was my last individual fight for this year. At the World Championships I will only fight for the team like at the European Championships. But I hope I can win a team medal again.” |