Judoka Jose Maria Mendiola wins silver at the European Open in Sofia
Mendiola lost in the 81-pound final to French Alpha Oumar Djalo, but previously eliminated Ukrainian Taras Nielziev, American Dominic Rodriguez, Bulgarian Denislav Ivanov, Turkish Umalt Demirel and Moldovan Ciprian Gribinet.
The judoka of the Basque Team Jose Maria Mendiola is ranked second.
A total of 285 athletes from 39 countries have competed at the European Open in Sofia, 237 men and 148 women.
With this weekend's result, Mendiola has shown that he has already left behind the knee injury he suffered in the last Olympic cycle, which prevented him from qualifying for the Paris Games . He started approaching the podium this summer when he was fifth at the European Open in Tallinn and this weekend he took another step with the silver medal.
In Mendiola's international career, the second place at the 2020 European Open in Warsaw , the second place at the 2021 European Open in Zagreb, the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the third place at the 2023 Qazaqstan Barysy Grand Slam, among others, stand out.
The next dates of the judoka of the Basque Team will be theEuropean Open of L jubljana on 14 February and the Grand Prix Upper of Austriaon 6 March.
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