SloveniaSlovenian judoka Metka Lobnik finished fifth at the Grand Slam tournament in Abu Dhabi after losing her bronze medal match against Britain’s Emma Reid by ippon. Lobnik reached the third-place bout via the repechage, where she defeated Poland’s Eliza Wroblewska with a waza-ari after four minutes. She had previously lost her quarter-final match to Netherlands’ Yael van Heemst but secured her spot in the repechage by defeating France’s Madeleine Malonga with an ippon in her first round. This marked Lobnik’s third consecutive loss to Reid in their head-to-head encounters, although Lobnik remains competitive on the international stage, having won bronze at the European Championships earlier this year. Other members of the Slovenian team, including Igor Tsurkan and Kaja Kajzer Zabar, also secured third-place finishes during the event.
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