Three
Nations On Top In Judo
NICOSIA,
6 June 2009 - With Monaco triumphing in men’s and
Luxemburg in women’s category, the three-day action at
Judo in the XIII Games for the Small States of Europe
came to an end. In the total standings, Monaco,
Luxemburg and Iceland were the nations that prevailed,
after winning three gold medals each. In the total
tally, Monaco came in first with 10 medals while Cyprus
and Lichtenstein took home 7 medals each.
Besides the fact that
Cyprus improved their record in the Judo events, in
comparison to the Monaco 2007 games, the Cypriot
Federation’s people are not even close to be happy for
the total of medals they won. In Monaco, Cyprus took
home just one gold medal (with Charalambos Aresti) while
in the XIII GSSE the host nation took two gold (both in
men). The disappointment was even bigger in the women’s
events, since Cyprus took second to last place with just
two silver medals.
In the third and last
game of the Judo events, Monaco lost the chance to
celebrate the first place in the gold medals race, after
losing both team event finals. In men’s they lost 3-0 to
Cyprus while in women’s team event they lost to
Luxemburg with 2-1.
GG/EM
