Pajić Sofija, a member of the judo club "Zvijezda" Banja Luka, opened the season with a bronze medal at the first official tournament of the European Judo Tour for cadets.

By the will of the draw, Sofia was free in the first round as the second holder of the tournament, and in the quarterfinals she defeated the Dutch national team member Verdonk A., which she defeated with the maximum result and the interruption of the match. In the semifinals, she lost to the Italian national team member Ondei S., who won the tournament.

In a difficult match for bronze, Sofia defeated the representative of Slovakia Skvareninova N. and thus entered the first points this year on the European and world ranking list.

"The goal for this season is to go to as many European cups as possible in order to position ourselves high on the world ranking list, which would ultimately make it a little easier for us to win medals at the official European, World and EYOF championships. our ultimate goal ", said Jasenko Delic - head coach and President of DZ. K. "Zvijezda" Banja Luka.

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