Patrick Weisser from Aibling just missed a medal at the German men’s judo championship.
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The judoka Patrick Weisser could not repeat his bronze medal from the previous year at the German men’s individual championship. The Aiblinger got off to a good start in the tournament. Why it still wasn’t enough for the podium.
Stuttgart – Patrick Weisser from TuS Bad Aibling, who became German police judo champion at the end of last year and German team champion in the Bundesliga with TSV Abensberg, started at the German individual championship for men in Stuttgart in the weight class up to 66 kg.
Motivated but weakened
Last year he won bronze at the same place and therefore went into the race highly motivated, but also weakened by a health condition. In the first round he benefited from a bye. In the next encounter he fought against Viktor Becker from Holzhausen, whom he defeated prematurely after two ratings for beautiful throwing techniques. A round further he fought against Liam Herrmann from Hanover. Herrmann also defeated Weisser with a nice shoulder throwing technique before the end of the fight period.
Ickes prevails
And so it went into the semifinals against David Ickes from Lübeck. After four minutes and a balanced, high-class “back and forth”, the tie had to go into the “Golden Score”, the unlimited overtime, in which the first rating decides. The more active Ickes managed to “miss” Weisser’s third and crucial penalty that spelled his victory. In the end, Ickes also became German champion.
Patrick Weisser narrowly missed out on the final and a medal after this defeat and had to go to the consolation round, where he met Lennart Slamberger, another top German fighter. Health-wise weakened and exhausted by the very long fight before, he didn’t manage to win here either, so that after this further defeat the result was clear: 5th place in the German Championship of Judo men.
Actually a great result, but less than the young athlete from TuS Bad Aibling, who was successful nationally and internationally in 2022, had hoped for.
Swearing-in in the sports promotion squad
But also in judo, “after the fight is before the fight” applies, and so Weisser can be happy about the current swearing-in in the sports promotion squad of the police. Now he is preparing for the five-week training camp in Japan, the motherland of judo, which is scheduled for February.
“Unfortunately it wasn’t quite enough today, but we would like to thank the national coach Pedro Guedes, who organized the Japan measure. That’s a great thing that Patrick will definitely take further,” father Denis Weisser expressed his thanks.
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