Nora Gjakova loses in the quarterfinals, now races for bronze

Kosovo Junior Nora Gjakova has suffered defeat in the quarterfinals of the World Championship, Tokyo 2019, in the category of up to 57kg. This defeat leads her now to enter the bronze medal contest.

Over the past two days, Distria Krasniqi and Majlinda Kelmendi won Kosovo from a bronze medal, and today Nora Gjakova will try to repeat this success of their countrymen.

To introduce the competition for bronze medals, Gjakova suffered defeat by Bulgarian Ivelina Ilieva in the quarterfinal phase, with the ippon in “Golden Screen”. Now Ivelina has a secure location in the semifinals, where she will continue her dream of gold or silver medals.

The road to bronze, Gjakova started without a fight in the first round, while in the second round, she faced the jungle from New Zealand, Justine Bishop.

And in the third round, to take a seat in the quarterfinals, he faced a jungle from Taipei, Chen-Ling Lien.

In the first match to the bronze medal, Gjakova will face French Sarah Leonie cysique.

Nora Gjakova has fought a total of 187 wars during her career, of which she has won 62. She has faced the Bulgarian three times before, triumphing in two of these cases. Moreover, Gjakova also had a much better ranking than her opponent, é Gjakova is third in the world, while her 30th Ivelin.

Today at the World Championship, Kosovo was represented by the other jungle, Akil Gjakova, who has lost the chance for any medal in the race due to defeat in the third round.

On the other hand, Loriana Kuka (-78kg) faces Friday at 5: 00 a.m.