Montréal, September 28, 2014 (Sportcom) – The Quebecoise judoka Alix Renaud-Roy was the only Canadian to climb onto the podium this weekend, claiming a bronze medal in the under 70 kg category at the European Open in Tallinn, Estonia.

Renaud-Roy won her first bout against the Russian Alena Prokopenko. After succumbing to defeat in the semifinals to the Italian Giulia Cantoni, she bounced back in the battle for 3^rd place, taking down the Israeli Yarden Mayersohn.

“My day went fairly well. In the semifinals, I was leading by a shido until the last second when my opponent scored a yuko for the win. She was trying to push me to the outside of the mat to force me into a shido, so at that moment I decided to attack, and that’s where she countered me,” Renaud-Roy explained.

“In the bronze medal bout, I threw the Israeli to ground for a yuko, and from that point on I controlled the match.  I was happy with the medal, because it meant finishing the day on a high note. I was aiming for a podium finish today,” She added.

The Quebecer Zachary Burt (-81 kg) lost his one and only bout of the day, falling to the Azerbaijani Tural Safguliyev.

“I felt good during the fight, but I wasn’t able to score a point against my opponent. I was also a handed a few dubious penalties. Both my trainer and I thought that I didn’t deserve them,” Burt commented.

In the +100 kg class, Ontarian Martin Rygielski was also eliminated in his first bout, falling to the Russian Stepan Sarkisyan.

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By Sportcom for Judo Canada