Alvalade judoka claims medal in European Cup encounter

Anri Egutidze earned bronze in the Lignano European Judo Cup this weekend, fighting in the <81kg weight group.

After getting the better of Alberto Ciardo and Roland Kanyasi, the Alvalade judoka faced Lorenzo Rigano in the semi-finals.

In the decisive bout, Anri missed out to the Serbian Nemanja Majdov, however me gathered his thoughts and recovered to beat Giovani Ferreira and win the bronze..

Meanwhile Maria Siderot missed out against Michela Fiorini, while Miguel Alves was stopped by Riccardo Zema.

David Reis was also in action, in the <66kg category, but was unable to get the better of Joshua O’Connor.