Ilias and Amani Sexton are national champions
03.10.2023, 14:31 | Reading time: 2 minutes
The MTV Isenbüttel entourage, consisting of (back, from left) Amani Küster, Erik Höse, Ilias Küster and Erik Spilner as well as (front, from left) Stefan Verhülsdonk, Christian Spilner and Rene Walter, cleaned up well at the open state championships. Missing: Hendrik Heß.
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Isenbüttel The MTV Isenbüttel judoka are successful in Visbek. Erik Höse secures silver, Erik Spilner is happy about bronze.
Two gold, one silver, one bronze: the balance sheet MTV Isenbüttel both open state championships in judo can definitely be seen. The siblings Ilias and Amani Sexton were unstoppable in Visbek (Vechta district), Erik Höse was allowed to get above 2nd place and Erik Spilner happy about third place.
In the weight class up to 100 kilograms, the two people from Isenbüttel were roaring Ilias Sexton and Erik Höse with victories through the competition and finally faced each other in the final. Kuester decided that for himself on the ground. The young athlete from Hehlenrieder, who is at European Cup had already been able to get a taste of competition on the international stage and secured gold. Silver went to clubmate Höse. “It’s pretty cool to be able to accompany the boys in their development and then be able to enjoy a state final as a silent observer at the side,” enthused the coach Stefan Verhülsdonk.
Amani Sexton marches to gold, Erik Spilner deserves bronze
Ilias’ Sexton’s big sister Amani left him Heavyweight don’t burn anything. She fought calmly as usual and also won gold. In the strongest weight class up to 81 kilograms he secured himself Erik Spilner After grueling battles, he also secured a place on the podium; he took bronze. “Erik never gave up after his opening defeat and fought his way through the consolation round from fight to fight. “He really deserves the bronze medal,” praised his father and coach Christian Spilner.
The Neu-Isenbüttel native was also in the same class Rene Walter at the beginning. However, he had an unfortunate draw and after a long break from competition he was directly matched with the top athletes from Lower Saxony Nils Bentgerodt and Tom Moritz to do. After two defeats, Walter’s championships were over. “Two direct opening defeats won’t happen to me again, I’ll come back stronger,” promised the Isenbüttel player.
Because he will be with them in the spring German championships had injured his arm, had to too Hendrik Hess expose for a long time. In Visbek it was enough for him to win after two defeats. For the MTV judoka, the main thing was that everything “works” again even under competition conditions.
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