The elimination of Pavel Petřikov did not go without tears
Czech Judo Association
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Petřikov, who was the oldest participant in the championship, did not follow up on the fifth place from last year’s European Games in Minsk. Today, he failed to defeat the 24-year-old Bunčič, whom he defeated at the previous year’s World Championships. The Serb scored at the last minute and Petřikov did not succeed in any attack. “It’s very hard. Of course I wanted to say goodbye a little differently at home. Win some matches and definitely show better performance, but it didn’t work out,” said Petřikov.
After the first two minutes were even, he began to lose his grip. “As he is a head taller, I suddenly didn’t know how to catch him. It occurred to me that he was very far away. And in the end, one run decided,” he regretted.
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He does not think that the autumn coronavirus will affect his performance. “I don’t know if I would be able to train more with my overall health than I trained now. I suffered Covid, but I don’t think the consequences were any big. This wasn’t the cause of the loss,” Petřikov added. They didn’t talk much with the coach and father in one person, Pavel Petřikov senior, after the match. “Dad just patted me on the back,” said the longtime Czech national team member, wiping away his tears.
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The bronze medalist from the recent European Under-23 European Championship Zeman defeated junior world champion Eteri Liparteliani from Georgia in the first round. Although the Czech judoka received two penalties in the first half of the duel, she scored in the last minute and advanced. But then she quickly lost the match with 2016 European Vice-Champion Ilyava.
The 29-year-old Bulgarian knocked her down on the tatami and Zeman could not slip out of her hold, so after 77 seconds she lost to the ipon. “I think I was well prepared for her position. I think even the first drains were good. But I fell asleep the country we moved to. I really didn’t expect that and unfortunately she kept me and won,” she commented. match defeated Czech Republic.
Nineteen-year-old Yildiz surprised Pulkrábka. The 27-year-old Czech initially paid extra for overmotivation. “I rushed for victory unnecessarily,” he admitted. The bronze medalist from last year’s Yildiz Junior World Championships quickly took the lead. The home judoka equalized with a successful attack, but after two minutes and 34 seconds Yildiz scored again and ended the match. “I can’t even describe what the mistake was. I’m very sorry, because I believed that today would be my day,” added Pulkrábek.
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