Zagreb, Croatia – Eliza Litiev, player of the UAE judo team, won gold in the Zagreb Grand Prix Championship.
Which was hosted by the Croatian Federation under the supervision of the International Federation, during the period from 14 to 16 November, with the participation of 48 countries.
Eliza Litiev outperformed her counterpart, Marie Prancer, the five-time Guinea and African champion, in the final, by defeating (Ebon) in less than 3 minutes.
To give UAE sports a new gold.
After recently winning a similar gold medal in the “Islamic Solidarity” tournament currently being held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
The judo player opened her journey in the under 78 kg weight class, by defeating Britain’s Shelley Ludford, Romania’s Georgette Veranis, and then Belgium’s Vicky Ver Scheer in the semi-finals, reaching the final match with the Guinean champion.
Mohammed bin Thaaloub Al Deri, President of the Emirates Judo Federation, stressed that the golden achievement crowns the wise leadership’s support for sports.
In addition to the interest of the Ministry of Sports, the National Olympic Committee, and sports councils in providing appropriate conditions for achieving national achievements.
In addition to raising the state flag on external platforms.
He added that the Union’s strategy achieved many technical gains.
It began to bear fruit through medals won in international tournaments abroad.
Within long-term plans leading up to the upcoming Olympic Games, in addition to great aspirations for further achievements in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Championship.
Scheduled from November 27 to 30, at Mubadala Arena in Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi.
