www.judoinside.com 29/01
Golden Hilal Ozturk shows her options for the future
It took her fifteen months to win an important tournament again after her European u23 title, but the sweet was for Hilal Ozturk of Türkiye this first event of the year. In the heavyweight final of the Grand Prix in Odivelas on Sunday, Hilal Ozturk and Miki Mukunoki faced off, having had only one previous meeting, with a Turkish victory in that occasion. Lots of movement kicked things off but without sincere gripping there was a penalty each in the first 25 seconds. In the next exchange Ozturk took the dominant grip and the Japanese judoka couldn’t withstand it and stepped out to earn a second penalty.