The last day of the Cadet European Judo Championships 2021 saw the the remaining weight categories; -70kg, +70kg, -81kg, -90kg and +90kg decide who would take the final continental titles of the tournament.
In the end, Russia topped the medal table with five newly crowned cadet champions here in Latvia this week, which was finished in the +90kg category with an all-Russian affair between eventual gold medallist, Denis BATCHAEV and Vladislav DOROFEEV that was quickly decided.
It was an impressive performance, especially considering the halt in training and competition in the build up to this major event. Thankfully, some of our member countries were able to host cadet events once travel was allowed including; Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia and Romania. We would like to take this opportunity to thank them once again for welcoming our future talents and giving them the chance to continue with their development.
The Latvian Judo Federation were of course wonderful hosts and managed to create a great atmosphere in the Arena Riga with their fantastic volunteers. In the standings, Russia came out on top followed by Azerbaijan and Israel in second and third place respectively.
