This weekend the Estonian Judo Association and the city of Tallinn will host the Cadets European Championships. More than 450 competitors from 40 countries are gathering to Estonia to find out who are Europe’s best young judokas. Naturally, the biggest teams are coming from very strong judo countries, for example Russia, Netherlands, Hungary and France. The organizing country’s team consists of 17 persons (10 boys and 7 girls) and the homecrowd’s favourite is Mattias Kuusik (-81kg).
The competition will be held in Saku Suurhall and starts everyday at 10.00, final block at 15.30. The organizers have the honour to also welcome the president of European Judo Union – Mr Sergey Soloveychik- to Tallinn. Mr Soloveychik and the president of Estonian Judo Association- Mr Eerik-Niiles Kross- will both attend the opening ceremony.
If you can’t make it to Tallinn, you can join via the live stream and live results (www.eju.net). All the best to young European judokas and we hope you get the experiene of a lifetime from Tallinn.