Portugal closes with fifth place for Carolina Paiva
Carolina Paiva made her debut in the second, eliminating the German Raffaela Igl, by “ippon”, and in the quarter-finals, she met a German judoka, Lea Schmid, with whom she lost, also by “ippon”.
The Portuguese judoka Carolina Paiva finished this Saturday in fifth position in the -78 kg tournament, of the European Under-23 Championships, taking place in Sarajevo, after being defeated by the French Liz Ngelebeya, in the fight for bronze.
Carolina Paiva made her debut in the second, eliminating the German Raffaela Igl, by “ippon”, and in the quarter-finals, she again found a German judoka, Lea Schmid, with whom she lost, also by “ippon”.
In the repechage, Carolina Paiva returned to triumph, defeating Croatian Nika Jekus, by “wazari”, then yielding, by “ippon” against Liz Ngelebeya in the fight for bronze.
In category -81, Manuel, concludes in ninth position Rodrigues, in the reference point, in eliminating or Croatian, by “ippon”, kg, end of the period of “golrna, and loss of score”.
On Friday, Raquel Britofeira, the bronze medal in -4 kg, Raquel Britofeira 29, defeating the Spanish Eva Perez Soler, by “ippon” seconds from the end.
The European sub-competition Sundays, a competition in which Portugal – 2 teams of a team not four, end mixed accounts, competition with judo.