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Greenwich judoka Gemma
Gibbons won her pool to progress to the semi-finals while heavyweight
Sarah Adlington entered the repechage.
In a busy under 70kg category
Britain fielded four fighters in Gemma Gibbons, Scarlett Woolcock,
Megan Fletcher and Sally Conway.
Gibbons overcome Luxembourg’s
Lynn Mossong in the first round and had a bye in the second. The
Brit triumphed over 2010 IJF Cairo World Cup silver medallist
Marie Pasquet of France to win her pool.
Woolcock had a bye in the
first round and bowed out after defeat to Linda Bolder of the
Netherlands.
Fletcher also had a bye
in the first round and lost her first outing against German Iljana
Marzok.
Conway lost out to Germany’s
Barbara Bandel in the first round.
In the under 78kg category
Britain had three representatives in Louise Little, Samantha Lowe,
Fiona Jones.
Jones exited after losing
her first round fight to Anastasia Dmitrieva of Russia.
Little lost in the first
round to Catherine Jacques of Belgium while Samantha Lowe went
down to France’s Lucie Louette at the same stage.
In the over 78kg category
Sarah Adlington, a two-time winner of this event, had a bye in
the first round and lost out to five-time European Champion Anne-Sophie
Mondiere of France. The defeat saw Adlington enter the hunt for
a bronze medal via the repechage.
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