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It's Spring again and, with the sun beginning to break through, here comes your latest TWOJ
to brighten your days even more! Once again it's a packed issue, as
you will see...
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The first day of the senior European Championships got off to a welcome start with a gold
medal for the home fans to cheer and a return to the status quo for two traditional European
heavyweights. France and Russia shared the spoils with two gold medals each from young fighters
with big futures ahead of them...
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Last year Craig Fallon won the British Open and then followed that up with a Gold in Manchester
at the Commonwealth Games. And now he has won one of judo's biggest crowns of all - the Paris
Super A Tournament. Is there any stopping this young fighter? Nicola Fairbrother reports from
Paris...
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Graduation is less than 4 weeks away and it's been quite a time. In
November it started to get colder (my Tongan training partner said that happened in September),
but in December it got much colder, and even more so in January.
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A total of 142 fighters from 30 member National Federations participated in this year's event.
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The standard of Judo as expected was extremely high, however I was disappointed with the refereeing.
When I questioned some of the decisions, I was told that because of the weight categories
international rules were being used. In one contest two -73kg players were disqualified for
passivity!
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Hernandez (BRA) throws Boonsayer (USA) for Ippon in the Mens Open Pan
American Championships 2003.
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Due out: Summer 2003
A photo report from the British Open
European Championships
Ipswich Open
Techniques, interviews
Prizes to be won
And much, much, more! |

| European Championships 2003 |
MEN
-60kg
KHERGIANI, Nestor (GEO)
-66kg
DARBELET, Benjamin (FRA)
-73kg
BILODID, Gennadiy (UKR)
-81kg
ASCHWANDEN, Sergei (SUI)
-90kg
GREKOV, Valentyn (UKR)
-100kg
ZEEVI, Ariel (ISR)
+100kg
MIKHAYLIN, Alexandre (RUS)
Open
TMENOV, Tamerlan (RUS)
WOMEN
-48kg
BROULETOVA, Lioubov (RUS)
-52kg
EURANIE, Annabelle (FRA)
-57kg
FERNANDEZ, Isabel (ESP)
-63kg
ALVAREZ, Sara (ESP)
-70kg
SRAKA, Rasa (SLO)
-78kg
MORICO, Lucia (ITA)
+78kg
BRYANT, Karina (GBR)
Open
BEINROTH, Katrin (GER)
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