Returning Renshall Claims Bronze For Gb In Croatia

British judo Olympian Lucy Renshall claimed bronze astatine nan Zagreb Grand Prix for her 2nd consecutive badge of nan play aft taking a twelvemonth disconnected successful nan sport.

Competing successful nan -63kg category, nan 29-year-old continued her good comeback successful Croatia pursuing a gold-winning run astatine nan European Open successful October.

Renshall suffered a constrictive semi-final nonaccomplishment to Israel's Gili Sharir - who went connected to triumph golden - but dominated nan bronze-medal title against Sharir's compatriot Inbal Shemesh.

The Zagreb Grand Prix is portion of nan International Judo Federation (IJF) World Tour, wherever athletes' performances gain points toward their world rankings.

"It's awesome to beryllium backmost connected nan IJF tour," said Renshall, who took clip retired aft competing astatine nan Paris Olympics successful 2024.

"After nan Olympics, I took a twelvemonth disconnected nan WCPP (World Class Performance Programme for British Olympians) to attraction connected different things and return a break, but I was eager to get backmost into it.

"I've taken it measurement by measurement - UK competitions first, followed by a European Open - and I felt much than fresh to measurement up onto nan tour. Competing astatine nan Zagreb Grand Prix and coming distant pinch a badge shows maine that each nan difficult activity has paid off. I'm emotion amended than ever and excited to spot what's next."

Renshall is presently classed 34th successful nan world and will adjacent compete astatine nan Abu Dhabi Grand Prix connected 28 November.