On the penultimate day of the Abu Dhabi World Championships, Emma Reid won a dramatic bronze medal for British Judo, capping off a remarkable last month for the -78kg judoka.
Reed defeated Arna Jangeldina (KAZ) by submission with a Koshiguruma-nage throw, then defeated Ikumi Oeda (THA) in the second round to set up a match against Guusje Steenhuis (NED) in the third round.
Reid countered a Steenhuis attack with a Waza-ari point. Steenhuis got up, grimacing, but did not look comfortable for the rest of the match. With just one score on the board, the clock expired and Reid had cost himself five points to qualify for the quarter-finals.th A Dutch judoka with seeded rights.
Reed faced judoka Beata Pakat-Kloshko (POL), whom she defeated in the Kazakhstan Grand Slam bronze medal race the previous week. It was a sense of déjà vu for the Polish judoka as Reed scored a waza-ari early in the match, followed by two shidos. In the final 30 seconds, the Polish judoka was looking to score or force Reed to concede a third Shido, but as the match time ran out to zero, Reed countered a second Waza-ari attack. did.
In the semifinals, Reed faced No. 1 seed Anna-Maria Wagner (GER), who dominated from the beginning. The German scored two waza-ari points in quick succession to qualify for the final, while Reed advanced to the bronze medal battle with two-time Olympic medalist, former world champion and current European champion Audrey Tumeo (France). We played against each other.
The French judoka came out of the blocks and threw Reed in the early exchanges, scoring a waza-ari and then quickly transitioning to a seiza-hold to lock Reed in. As the time approached 10 seconds, the French judoka seemed destined for the bronze medal. Reed flipped Osakomi with one second left and pinned Chemo for 20 seconds to win the bronze medal in dramatic fashion.
Initially, there was confusion as to which judo athlete won the bronze medal, but after review, Reed was declared the winner.
It capped an incredible last three weeks for Reid, who won bronze medals at the Dushanbe Grand Slam, the Kazakhstan Grand Slam and now the Abu Dhabi World Championships.
Emma Reid (far right) wins bronze medal at the World Championships
Kelly Petersen Pollard and Mima Yates-Brown Both were active in the -70kg class. Petersen-Pollard received a walkover in the opening round before facing Elvismar Rodriguez (VEN).
Meanwhile, Yates Brown defeated Melissa Myers (USA) in the opening match, with the American fighter gathering three Shidos to hand the victory to Yates Brown.
Pietersen-Pollard overcame a tough battle with Rodriguez in the second round and was contested for a golden score, but the Englishman had two judos to Rodriguez’s one, but the Venezuelan judoka landed two more judos and Petersen-Pollard advanced to the third round.
Yates Brown faced former world champion Marie-Yves Gahy (France) in round two. Gahie, the No. 6 seed, scored with a waza-ari in the early exchanges and scored an ippon just past the midway point of the match.
Petersen Pollard led her third-round opponent Irene Pedrotti (ITA) to a golden score, but was given a half-leg make for a head dive.
-In the opening round of the 90kg class, Jamal Petgrave After winning his third Shido with a golden score, he lost to Donghan Gwak (South Korea).
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