Six out of a squad of eleven from Sporting CP for Portugal

The Portuguese Judo Federation announced its squad for the coming Paris Grand Slam this week, with six Alvalade judokas featuring for the tournament, running from the 9th to the 16th of February: Sergiu Oleinic, David Reis, Anri Egutidze, Jorge Fonseca, Maria Siderot and Joana Ramos.

Sporting CP beat KBR Nalchik to secure podium spot

Sporting CP's judo team claimed a bronze medal in the Golden League this weekend, after getting the better of the Russian outfit KBR Nalchik by a dominating 5-0. Representing Sporting CP in the decisive bout was Sergiu Oleinic (<66kg), Rustam Orujov (<73kg), Anri Egutidze (<81kg), Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (<90kg) and Jorge Fonsesa (>90kg).

Sporting CP also got the better of the hosts Edelweiss Grozny, after having lost their first encounter against Sagaredjo Superstars.

Speaking with the press at the end of the day, Alvalade judo coach Pedro Soares was in a positive mood: "It was a really high level competition, just like it was last year. We lost 3-2 against the Georgian teak in the first round, which we knew was basically the same as the final for us. We did well, but these competitions are really contested and the smallest detail makes the difference."

European Judo Union selects Alvalade in partnership with Portuguese Federation

The European Judo Federation has selected the joint bid by Sporting CP, the Portuguese Judo Federation and Iguarivarius to host the 2017 edition of the Golden League.

Sporting CP will be in action in the 2016 edition of the competition in Grozny this weekend, taking on Fighter Tbilisi, TSV Abensberg; Yawara-Neva, Sagaredjo FF Superstars, Green Hill KBR Nalchik, Sport Judo Club Edelweiss and Shevardeni 2005.

Luís Carmo in action in Cadiz and Maria Siderot and David Reis in Tel Aviv

The Portuguese judo federation has invited a total of three Sporting CP athletes to represent the country in two coming tournaments:

RAUL CALVO TOURNAMENT

5th of November 2016 

Cadiz (Spain)

Athlete:

Luís Carmo – <81kg

EUROPEAN UNDER-23 CHAMPIONSHIP

11th and 12th of November

Tel Aviv (Israel)

Athletes:

Maria Siderot – <48 kg
David Reis – <66 kg

Alvalade judoka only stopped in the final by Nemanja Majdov

Anri Egutidze won a silver medal in the Junior European Judo Championships this weekend in the <81kg event, after being stopped in the final by the Serbian Nemanja Majdov.

In reaching the final the Portuguese judoka beat Davis Duda, Nicolas Chilard, Jim Heijman and Tim Gramkow.

Alvalade judoka with solid showing in Olympic debu

After beating Mohammad Tawfiq Bakshhi in just 9 seconds, the Olympic debutante Jorge Fonseca missed out after 22 seconds of against the 2014 world champion, Lukas Krpalec.

The Alvalade judoka was leading for almost the entire bout, before tired legs set in in the final stretch.

JUDO: Jorge Fonseca eliminado frente a Lukas Prkalek por wazari. Termina a participação do atleta no @Rio2016. pic.twitter.com/En3wUL8pNo

— COP (@COPPORTUGAL) 11 de agosto de 2016

Alvalade judoka stopped by Wander Mateo in tense encounter

Sergiu Oleinic was left to settle with 9th place in the <66kg category in the Rio 2016 judo competition this weekend, after the Alvalade athlete was stopped by Wander Mateo in the quarter-finals.

Oleinic was level with Mateo after five minutes and it was the Sporting judoka who showed the courage to go for the win, only to be caught out by Mateo's counter attack. 

JUDO: Sergiu Oleinic derrotado por ippon falha quartos de final. O judoca encerra a sua participação no Rio 2016. pic.twitter.com/wwy63WNde1

— COP (@COPPORTUGAL) 7 de agosto de 2016

Alvalade judoka comes up just short of quarter-finals spot

Joana Ramos' Olympic dream came to an end this Sunday with a loss to the powerful Chinese judoka Ma Yingnan (ranked 5th), after having overcome Borundi's Antoinette Gasongo (ranked 14th).

The loss however did little to overshadow Ramos' performance, with the Alvalade judoka finishing in 9th place overall.

JUDO: Chinesa Yingnan Ma getting the better of Joana Ramos. pic.twitter.com/4WVesLOsLD

— COP (@COPPORTUGAL) 7 de agosto de 2016

Guinean judoka misses out in first fight bout in Rio

Although exempt from the first round, Taciana Lima was unable to get the better of the Kazakh athlete Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh in Rio 2016 this weekend, in the <48kg weight category.

Taciana Lima heading to Rio 2016 in a Sporting committee of four

Sporting will be sending a total of four judokas to Brazil for the Olympic Games: Joana Ramos, Jorge Fonseca and Sergiu Oleinic for Portugal and Taciana Lima, who was born in Brazil but will represent Guinea-Bissau.

Speaking with the Sporting Journal about the coming event, Lima is setting the bar high: "We expect the best. It will be a tough fight to finish in the top four, but I have worked hard for it. I want to get there and who knows, maybe I can even win a medal."