World Cup in Sweden: Markus Zadra wins

2.032 registered participants, most of whom were the best national teams from all over the world, competed in superlative competitions for days. The President Cup is classified as a G2 World Cup, in which double the points of a G1 World Cup are awarded for the Olympic ranking in the women's and men's classes. This is the highest possible tournament that an athlete who is not a member of their respective national team can compete in. As a result, the level of this tournament was incredibly high. Premiere for Alexander Zadra Alexander Zadra, just 17 years old, started for the first time at an international tournament in the men's adult heavyweight class -87 kg, with the world's best athletes, some of whom have already qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The Kurtatscher did more than well, considering that he also had to compete against the No. 38 in the world, the Slovenian Patrik Divkovic. As expected, the first two rounds went to the experienced top athlete from Slovenia, but in the last round Zadra gained self-confidence and was more than equal to his opponent. In the end, the 17-year-old came 17th overall. Tobias Santer, who started in the men's class -68 kg, immediately met a very strong Serbian athlete, against whom he was eliminated. Markus Zadra (coach and athlete of ASV Zadra-fighting/rothoblaas) celebrated a great victory in the master class +80 kg. In the final, the 55-year-old was able to defeat his opponent, the Russian Andrei Korovnikov, who was eight years his junior, with 6:4 points. In the U-18 youth class +68, Stefanie Kerschbamer was unable to prevail in the qualifying matches against the Spanish Desiree Rivadulla Lorenzo and was eliminated, while the Spaniard came third. Same fate for 15-year-old Julia Zelger in the U-18 youth class -49 kg, who narrowly had to give way to the Greek Ioanna Maria Chouto in the qualifying matches with 17:18. As expected, Russia won the team ranking ahead of Turkey, who was also very strong. Italy, on the other hand, came in an incredible third place overall with four gold medals from Vito Dell' Aquila Men -58 kg, who has already qualified for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, World Champion Simone Alessio Men -80 kg, Markus Zadra Master +80 kg and the U -18 athletes -63 kg Falco Antonio and the bronze medal of Gerrone Antonio in the U-18 youth class -78 kg.

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World Cup in Sweden: Markus Zadra wins

Six athletes from ASV Zadra-fighting/rothoblaas also took part in the World Cup in the Helsingborg Arena in Sweden at the weekend.

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