Jamie Lee Huhn and Elisabeth Kästner Shine with Third Places at Judo Tournament in Schmalkalden

Rudolstadt/Schmalkalden. Jamie Lee Huhn and Elisabeth Kästner with third places at the tournament in Schmalkalden

The international Easter tournament took place last weekend Schmalkalden instead of. In order to introduce latecomers to the sport of judo, such as Jamie Lee Huhn and Elisabeth Kästner, to the group’s performance as quickly as possible, the coaching team at the Rudolstadt Judo Training Center decided to let the two girls take part in this top-class competition. Jamie Lee Huhn – the 15-year-old girl has only been training with the Rudolstadt team since November last year – is starting in the under 18 year olds in the 78 kg age group.

Thrown into the deep end

The young girl, who ended up in judo after numerous attempts in other sports, was thrown into the “cold water”. Jamie Lee, the four training sessions in the. week and still on Friday evening Stretching exercises and coordination training, should actually be able to handle this international tournament without any problems. Also a clubmate Elisabeth Kästneralso 15 years old, came back to judo after a break of five years and competed in this event.

Long break from fighting for Elisabeth Kästner

After the somewhat bumpy start for the two girls in their different weight classes, Jamie Lee in particular had a hard time fighting because she only weighed a few kilograms over the 78 kg and other athletes weighed significantly more Scale brought. Elisabeth Kästner, who quickly felt “at home” in her weight class up to 63 kg, also had a number of problems after her break from fighting, but like Jamie Lee Huhn also achieved third place.

From the perspective of coach Rolf Sonnabend, there was still a lot of room for improvement. Despite all this, the two girls made an excellent start with a successful one Prelude as a fifteen-year-old in the U18 age group.

Rolf Sonnabend

2024-04-09 15:56:27
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