2024-05-28 00:14:13
On the European Championship in Valencia within the weight class over 90 kg, Mr. Žimanta confirmed spectacular athletic type: within the spherical of 16, he gained in 40 seconds. dealt with Azerbaijan’s Amir Hajiyv, and continued this custom along with his barrage of highly effective blows in opposition to Spain’s Carles Andres.
As if based on chrestomathy, P. Žimantas gave the Spaniard simply 40 seconds: after his blows, the opponent collapsed and eventually, after the judges’ verdict, he went to the medics – he was correctly iced.
When it appeared that two Lithuanians – 2022 European champion Eventas Gužauskas and 2023 gold medalist P. Žimantas – would battle within the ultimate within the heavyweight class, an disagreeable shock occurred.
Goderzi Kanapadze, the kart participant who fought within the semi-final, suffered for a very long time from P. Žimant’s blows, however the Lithuanian overdid it and even punched his opponent thrice within the chin.
The referees issued three warnings and a fourth would have been a disqualifying foul. However even these warnings have been sufficient to have fun a 5-0 victory for the kartveli who couldn’t do a lot – there have been too lots of these warnings. Subsequently, P. Žimantas lastly settled for the bronze of the championships.
“I do not even know the right way to assess that state of affairs. It occurred because it occurred and ultimately it’s the judges’ resolution. It was obligatory to vary techniques throughout the battle”, defined P. Žimantas after receiving the bronze award.
– Do you agree that you might have fought extra safely and would have gained the semi-final?
– Good ideas come when every part occurs, when every part is finished. That is the way it turned out. Now we talked with the coach that after the primary warning we needed to do issues in another way. We did not change the techniques as a result of we thought it will work, it will “cross” even with the cardboard. We see the outcome.
– Do you all the time intention to knock out your opponent? This time it was with two makes an attempt?
– No. This was the tactic of this championship. Within the different fights there was one tactic, this time Kartvel and I deliberate to do every part rapidly, as a result of he had a tricky battle with two overtimes earlier than.
– The tactic of fixing every part in 40 seconds within the first fights labored?
– There are a number of competitions within the championships, so that you attempt to end every part as quickly as potential to keep away from accidents. In fact, if there are alternatives to take action.
– European champion E. Gužauskas testified that he was sick for you within the semi-finals as a result of he wished to assist himself within the ultimate.
– What might be higher than the Lithuanian ultimate. In any case, first and second place are the 2 finest medals.
– Are you happy with the third place within the championship?
– No. The objective is just first place. We’ll analyze the errors after we get house.
– Kartvel competed for the primary time on this kyokushin karate championship – earlier than that he was a member of one other group. Are you able to say he outsmarted you?
– I do not know, possibly he felt what it means to be on this group. Perhaps it may be mentioned that he gained with crafty. However within the ultimate, we noticed what that crafty means and what it is value. It did not work. I cried and was sick in order that Eventas would win.
2024-05-28 00:14:13