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JUDO CANADA THE ROAD TO LONDON VOLUME 2, NUMÉRO 2 FEBRUARY 2011 Cotton wins silver in Austria Amy Cotton wins Bronze By par Sportcom Sportcom INDEX -World Cup, Aus- Amy Cotton of Nova Scotia capped a solid perfor- Amy Cotton of Nova Nova Scotia won the silver tria p.1-2 manceat a women’s World Cup judo tournament in Pra- medal in 78 kilos at a women’s World Cup judo gue earning the bronze medal in 78 kilos. tournament in Vienna. -World Cup, Pra- In her scheduled fourth bout, Cotton was declared the gue, p.1.3 ‘’The victory is great for my confidence,’’ said winner of the third place match after her opponent Cath- Cotton. ‘’It’s my first competition in 2011 and I erine Jacques of Belgium withdrew due to an injury. -World Cup Buda- didn’t win any bouts at a meet in Japan before the Holidays. It feels good to win.’’ pest, p.1-2 ‘’I would have liked to face her,’’ said Cotton. ‘’I was confident because I had already beaten her last year in Cotton, ranked 21st in the world, lost in the final Pictures Austria Miami. I knew she was strong. Still I’m pleased with to world number-12 Tomomi Okamura of Ja- and Prague, p.4 that third place finish. It gives me ranking points.’’ pan. Cotton reached the final earning three wins, including two by Ippon. -Canada Games, Sasha Mehmedovic and Antoine p.5-6 ‘’I tried something but I turned the wrong way and fell,’’ said Cotton. ‘’I’m pleased with my Valois –Fortier Place ninth in -Bruce kamstra, bout because she is left-handed and I had to Budapest p.7-8 change my strategy to contain her. Usually I al- By ways put my right hand on my opponent and this Sportcom -Coaches develop- time I had to use my left hand.’’ ment course, p.9 In the same weight class, Marylise Lévesque won her first bout before falling to Yahima Ra- -Events to come, mirez of Portugal, the eventual bronze medal- p.10 list. In the repechage, Lévesque lost to Lkham- Sasha Mehmedovic and Antoine Valois-Fortier were degd Purevjargal of Mongolia. Lévesque fin- the top Canadian at the men’s World Cup judo competi- ished seventh. tion in Budapest finishing ninth in 66 kilos. - In 70 kilos, Kelita Zupancic of Ontario took fifth Mehmedovic opened with wins over Alexander Weich- spot posting a 2-2 record. She lost her second inger of Austria and Romain Poussin of France. ‘’I had bout to Maria Portela of Brazil, the eventual sil- a very good start and stayed focused,’’ said Mehmedo- ver medallist. Lévesque rebounded with a vic, also ninth at the Grand Slam tournament in Paris repechage victory over Kahina Haddid of Algeria last weekend. ‘’I felt good.’’ then lost the bronze medal bout to Kim Polling of the Netherlands. In the third round, he lost to Zsolt Gorjanacz of Hun- gary who scored an Ippon with 14 second remaining in the bout. ‘’I was trailing so I went for broke,’’ said La Route vers Londres 2012/The Road to London 2012 sur FACEBOOK:http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php? P A G E 2 Austri World Cup, Budapest World Cup Earlier in the tournament, Myriam Lamarche of Mehmedovic. ‘’To fight a Hungarian in Hun- New Brunswick and Jolianne Melançon of Que- gary is not easy but I was a little too defensive bec finish also ninth while Bianca Ockedahl of in my bout. I didn’t capitalize on my opportu- Quebec was not ranked. nities. ‘’It was a strong field,’’ said national team coach ‘’I started strong with my two wins but I didn’t Marie-Hélène Chisholm with the Canadian squad finish as well as I would have liked. The Lon- in Vienna. ‘’It’s hard to get through a day here.’’ don Olympics are approaching fast and you always want to do your best and have good In 63 kilos, Lamarche was eliminated in the third results. But that didn’t happen today round. She had a first round bye then defeated (Saturday).’’ ’It was a strong field,’’ said Janine Nakao of the U.S. ‘’She dominated the national team coach Marie- entire bout and pinned her at the end,’’ said Chis- Hélène Chisholm with the Ca- holm. nadian squad in Vienna. ‘’It’s hard to get through a day However Da-Woon Joung of South Korea ended here.’’ Lamarche’s run. ‘’Until she made an error at the end of the bout, Myriam was dominating,’’ said Chisholm. ‘’She made more attacks and was Marie-Hélène Chisholm controlling her grip. But she made a defensive error and got caught off guard.’’ In 48 kilos, Ockedahl, also had a first round bye then lost to top-seed Nataliya Kondratyeva of Russia in overtime. ‘’There was less than 20 sec- Sasha Mehmedovic onds left in overtime when the Russian executed an arm lock. Up to that point it was really In 81 kilos, Valois-Fortier, opened with a vic- close,’’ said Chisholm. tory over Szabolcs Krizsan of Hungary scoring an Ippon at the 52 second mark. Then he In 57 kilos, Melançon posted a 1-1 record. She scored two Waza-ari to beat Giovanni Carollo defeated Vesna Dzukic of Slovenia before falling of Italy. Travis Stevens of the U.S., capitalized to Katinka Szabo of Hungary. ‘’Jolianne was on three penalties to Valois-Fortier to end the surprised by her opponent’s flexibility,’’ said Canadian’s run. Chisholm. ‘’She wasn’t able to throw her down.’ Kalem Kachur lost his opening bout to Benji The Hungarian scored a Yuko but was then pe- Nortan of the Netherlands as did Guillaume nalized. In the end, Melançon was not able to Perrault against Duman Aldiyev of Kazakh- even the score. ‘’It was very close,’’ said Chis- stan. holm. ‘’Jolianne was dominating but the Hungar- ian threatened every time she attacked.’’ In 90 kilos, Alexandre Émond lost to Michal Horak of the Czech Republic while Robert Edward fell to Gasper Jerman of Slova- In the third round, he lost to Zsolt Gorjanacz of kia. Neither was ranked. Hungary who scored an Ippon with 14 second remaining in the bout. ‘’I was trailing so I went Earlier in the tournament, in 60 kilos, Frazer for broke,’’ said Mehmedovic. ‘’To fight a Hun- Will and Charles Breton-Leduc both of Quebec garian in Hungary is not easy but I was a little were eliminated in the second round. too defensive in my bout. I didn’t capitalize on my opportunities. Will lost to Felipe Kitadai of Brazil while To- bias Englmaier of Germany ousted Breton- ‘’I started strong with my two wins but I didn’t Leduc. Both Canadians had a bye to the second finish as well as I would have liked. The London round. Olympics are approaching fast and you always JUDO CANADA THE ROAD TO LONDON P A G E 3 Prague World Cup, Warsaw World Cip, Nicolas Gill Assessment ‘’I made an attack that didn’t work,’’ said Earlier Sunday, Cotton had a first round bye, Breton-Leduc. ‘’He capitalized on my mistake then defeated Raquel Prieto Madrigal of Spain to put me in a stranglehold. It was a strong by Yuko. Cotton then fell to Hitomi Ikeda of hold around my jaw and I was forced to stop.’’ Japan by Ippon which put the Canadian in the repechage. Ikeda eventually lost in the final to A similar finish recently occured to Breton- Lkhamdegd Purevjargal of Mongolia. Leduc. ‘’It also happened in Hungary,’’ he said. ‘’I will have to review my strategies with ‘’The Japanese girl is small and very quick,’’ my coaches. Perhaps opt for a more defensive said Cotton. style in order to protect my face.’’ In the repechage, Cotton bounced back to easily In 66 kilos, Popiel also lost in the second defeat Alena Eiglova of the Czech Republic. round. He opened with a victory over Ren- wang Liu of China then fell in overtime by Stéphanie Tremblay lost her opening bout in Yuko to Clément Czukiewycz of France. 63 kilos and was eliminated. She lost by Ippon Stéphanie Tremblay lost her opening bout in to Dominika Blach of Poland 63 kilos and was eliminated. She lost by Ippon to Dominika Blach of Poland Less success in Warsaw ’The injuries impacted our results this year,’’ At a men’s World Cup in Warsaw, Guillaume Final assessment said Gill. ‘’However on Perrault of Quebec was the only Canadian in the men’s side, five action. In men’s 81 kilos, he received a first The Canadian judokas now head home after judokas in separate round bye then lost to Ambaselmaa Bayarsaik- completing their final World Cup for this sea- categories are in good han of Mongolia and was eliminated. son, the first counting towards Olympic selec- position to compete at tions for the 2012 London Games. National the Olympics. That’s ‘’Guillaume managed his bout well, ‘’ said his team coach Nicolas Gill is pleased with the more than expected.’’ coach Sergio Pessoa Sr. ‘’It was very even until performances. the end.’’ Nicolas Gill ‘’Amy Cotton had a strong finish with that In the final moments of the bout, Perrault made medal in the Czech Republic,’’ said Gill. ‘’She a mistake on an attempted attack. His opponent is in the running for a spot on the Canadian capitalized to score a bout-ending Ippon. ‘’He team for the next Olympics. lost to the same opponent last week in Ger- many. This time he was more aggressive and he Marylise Lévesque, the only Canadian World controlled the bout.