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February 3, 2007
Men’s Belgian Open Results
The U.S. men racked up a number of key wins at one of the largest Belgian Men’s Open tournaments on record Saturday in Vise, but failed to place in the top five.
Ryan Reser (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site / 73kg) won four matches and lost two in the largest division of the day.
In a sport where even the World Championships frequently top out at 65 competitors in a large division, 73kg had 91 athletes. The same was true across all divisions as most had upwards of 60 men in a single draw.
Two-time Pan Am Champion Chuck Jefferson (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State) also went 4-2 while Radu Brestyan (Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE) posted a 3-2 record with one of Brestyan’s losses coming to the eventual champion, Roman Mishura.
Nick Kossor (Glenville, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center) had his best European showing to date, winning three matches and losing two in the 60kg division.
Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE / +100kg) had the most difficult opening match for an American, drawing Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS), the 2004 Olympic silver medalist and the current third ranked player in the world.
Tmenov threw McCormick for ippon (instant win) after which McCormick lost in his first repechage round to finish 0-2 overall.
Bobby Lee (Coral Springs, Fla. / North Miami USA Judo National Training Site / 73kg), Landry Ambouroue (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site / 90kg) and Kirk Hoffmann (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site / +100kg) also competed, but each lost in the first round and was not pulled through to the repechage.
Competition continues tomorrow in the 66kg, 81kg and 100kg divisions.
Medal winners are as follows:
Men's 60kg
1. Sergio Pessoa Jr. (CAN)
2. Georgii Zantaraia (UKR)
3. Yohan Coliaux (FRA)
3. Maksym Korotun (UKR)
Also Competed: Nick Kossor (Glenville, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center), 3-2
Men's 73kg
1. Roman Mishura (RUS)
2. Ronald Girones (CUB)
3. Alexandre Bordin (FRA)
3. Mario Schendel (GER)
Also Competed: Ryan Reser (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site), 4-2; Chuck Jefferson (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University), 4-2; Bobby Lee (Coral Springs, Fla. / North Miami USA Judo National Training Site), 0-1
Men's 90kg
1. Nicolas Brisson (FRA)
2. Winston Gordon (GBR)
3. Michael Pinske (GER)
Also Competed: Landry Ambouroue (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site), 0-1
Men's +100kg
1. Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)
2. Matthieu Thorel (FRA)
3. Yevgen Sotnikov (UKR)
3. Oscar Brayson (CUB)
Also Competed: Kirk Hoffmann (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site), 0-1 and Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE), 0-2 |
