Mireia dresses in bronze in the European U21

Mireia Lapuerta yesterday won the bronze medal at the Sub-21 European Championship that is being developed in Vantaa (Finland).

The action of the judoka of El Masnou began with triumph by wazari and ippon before the Serbian Nevena Milic. In his second exit to the tatami he defeated the number 16 of the world, the young and promising Portuguese Raquel Brito by wazari.

In semifinals, Irena Khubulova, Champion of Europe Cadet and the Olympic Games of youth in 2018 rushed to Russia, thus gaining access to the continental podium.

Despite the previous defeat, the Catalans went to the decisive battle against the German Mascha Ballhaus, 12th in the world, with their usual strength and projected it with a masterful counterattack that granted him the final penalty and with that the medal of Bronze in this continental date.

Mireia adds her second European consecutive bronze medal in junior appointments.