“Bronze” at the Grand Slam of judo in Tbilisi, Elizabeth Teltsidou. The seventh Olympic champion of Tokyo and No. 2 in the Olympic ranking of -70 kg won the third place in the event and essentially “captured” a place in the top four, in view of the draw of the Olympic tournament “Paris 2024”.
With two wins against the British Petersen Pollard and the Chinese Wu, Teltsidou qualified for the final of pool D. Against Scokimaro, she claimed her qualification to the semi-finals, but found herself in the repechage after losing to her German opponent in the Golden Score .
In the process of the second chance, the Greek judoka needed 39” in two matches to be on the winners’ podium. In 26′, she defeated the Dutch Jaeger, while taking the bronze medal after defeating Australia’s Googlan in 13′ with an impressive tsuri-goshi.
In the last 17 months, Teltsidou has won the gold medal in grand slams four times (Baku 2023, Kazakhstan 2023, Tbilisi 2023, Abu Dhabi 2022), bronze three times (Baku 2024, Tokyo 2023, Tbilisi 2024), while she was second at the Masters (2023) and fifth at the Montpellier European Championships.
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