Romanian judoka Andreea Chitu on Thursday won the women’s U52 event at the Judo Grand Prix Jeju event in South Korea after an ippon win over Japanese Mako Uchio in the final.
In the second round, Chitu defeated German Maria Ertl (ippon); in the quarter-finals she prevailed over Mongolia’s Bundmaa Munkhbataar by warnings, while in the semi-finals she defeated Priscilla Gneto of France.
In the U48 event, Romanians Monica Ungureanu finished 7th after defeating South Korea’s Oh Yeunju in the second round and losing in the semi-finals to Kazakh Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh and in the repechage to Turkish Dilara Lokmanhekim.
Loredana Ohai lost in the second round of the U57 event to Israel’s Camila Minakawa. More…