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European Cadet European Medallists 2026 - DAY 2 🥇🥈🥉 “Millennium Team” European Judo Championships Cadets Gran Canaria 2026 🇪🇸 #EuropeanJudo #ECCadets2026

The number one seed lived up to it. Ilariia TSURKAN 🇸🇮 is the -63kg champion. 🥇 Slovenia keeps the gold coming in this category. 👑 “Millennium Team” European Judo Championships Cadets Gran Canaria 2026 🇪🇸 #EuropeanJudo #ECCadets2026

Less than 30 seconds. Less than 10 minutes on the tatami all day...🤯 Ilariia TSURKAN 🇸🇮 was simply in a different league in -63kg. Waza-ari into hold-down before the crowd had barely settled. 🥇 "I am world number one and I wanted to show why. Today I did that." Read more here 👇🏼 https://www.eju.net/news/10301/63-kg-tsurkan-reigns-supreme-as-world-number-one

Eight seconds in. Down a score. Didn’t matter. 😎 Ivan NIKOLCHEV 🇧🇬 overturned an early deficit against world number two Sadig MAMMADOV 🇦🇿 with a perfect sequence of throws to claim -73kg GOLD. 🥇 “Tomorrow is my father’s birthday. He watched all my fights, so he already knows. This is the perfect present for him.” “Millennium Team” European Judo Championships Cadets Gran Canaria 2026 🇪🇸 #EuropeanJudo #ECCadets2026

Down by waza-ari after eight seconds. Champion by the final bell 🥋🇧🇬 Ivan Nikolchev overturned an early deficit with two perfectly timed ko-soto-gari and a decisive o-soto-gari to claim -73kg GOLD. 🥇 "Tomorrow is my father's birthday, this is the perfect present for him." Read more here 👇🏼 https://www.eju.net/news/10300/73-kg-nikolchev-flips-the-script-to-crown-bulgaria-in-a-blockbuster-final

A fast final that you can feel trough the screen 🥹 Jagoda CIUPEK 🇵🇱 wins the GOLD in -57kg.🥇Then the champion became a teenager again, in tears in the mixed zone. 🫠 “My coach always tells me that I can do it, and that’s all I need.” “Millennium Team” European Judo Championships Cadets Gran Canaria 2026 🇪🇸 #EuropeanJudo #ECCadets2026

Nikola RADANOV 🇷🇸 stunned world number five Tom SIMKHAEV 🇮🇱 with a lightning ko-uchi-makikomi to claim -66kg GOLD. 🥇 “I really don’t believe it. This is everything for me.” “Millennium Team” European Judo Championships Cadets Gran Canaria 2026 🇪🇸 #EuropeanJudo #ECCadets2026

11 seconds. One grip. One throw. European champion. 👑🥋🇵🇱 Jagoda Ciupek ended the -57kg final almost before it began. A perfectly timed kata-guruma for instant IPPON, capping off a season already filled with four European Cup GOLDS.🥇🥇🥇🥇 Then the champion became a teenager again, in tears in the mixed zone. 🥹 "My coach always tells me that I can do it, and that's all I need." Read more here 👇🏼 https://www.eju.net/news/10299/57-kg-ciupek-the-gold-machine

SUPER SODE 🫪💥 Yali YAHAV 🇮🇱 claimed -52kg GOLD for Israel 🥇 “It’s been a tough year. I’m just very happy about this.” “Millennium Team” European Judo Championships Cadets Gran Canaria 2026 🇪🇸 #EuropeanJudo #ECCadets2026

An action so fast even the referees needed a review 🥋🇷🇸 Nikola Radanov stunned world number five Tom Simkhaev with a lightning ko-uchi-makikomi to claim -66kg gold. 🥇 "I really don't believe it. This is everything for me." Read more here 👇🏼 https://www.eju.net/news/10298/66-kg-radanov-stuns-the-field