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The final day of the
2011 IBSA VI European Championships saw the +78kg women’s category
and the men’s team prize at stake.
The +78kg category was
dominated by Bulgaria’s Ivomira Mihaylova reeled off four consecutive
victories by ippon to claim the coveted European crown.
Silver went to Svetlana
Ganieva of Russia while bronze was won by France’s Celine Manzuoli.
Seven teams entered
the men’s event with Russia, who travelled to Crawley with a 30-strong
squad, entering two teams.
The highly-regarded
Russian team’s first side won gold after commanding a very entertaining
final against Turkey as they ran out 4-1 winners.
Bronze
medals went to France and Ukraine.
Elsewhere a female Russian
team battled against a scratch team consisting of Swedish and
French judoka. In an absorbing upset the non-medal match was claimed
by combined team.
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