Ellen Salens in gold in -52 kg in Riga, where Jeroen Casse takes silver

Given the reduced number of competitors in her category (3), Sallens won her tournament organized in round Robin. With 2 victories in 2 fights, she imposed herself in front of the Italian Eleonora Crescini and the Estonian Vilena Arshakyan to offer herself the gold.

On the men’s side, Jeroen Casse (IJF-60) came out of his group C by winning first over the Estonian Part Laas (IJF-263), then against the Ukrainian Nazar Kulieshov. In the semi-finals, he eliminated the Israeli Sagiv Sahar (IJF-188), before losing in the final to the Ukrainian Artem Khomula (IJF-82).

In the same category, Dries Ponnet (IJF-263) first got the better of the Lithuanian Kestutis Vitkauskas, before losing in his last group B fight against the Israeli Yehonatan Elbaz (IJF-108). In repechages, Ponnet did not pass the stage of the 1st round by admitting defeat in front of the Latvian Roberts Javorskis.

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