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Other Sports - 28. March 2014.

Three Olympians will take part in the Samsun Grand Prix

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Olympian Sally Conway will return to Samsun in Turkey this weekend (28-30 March) to defend her International Judo Federation (IJF) Grand Prix title there.

 

She is joined by two other London 2012 competitors as they, and other players, push ahead in the final ranking competition before selections to the European Championships.

Conway is an explosive -70kg fighter who has claimed five IJF world tour medals over the last 18 months, including a silver in Dusseldorf and bronzes in Baku, Abu Dhabi and Jeju last year. A medal in Samsun could see her regain her position as world number eight.

Olympian Ashley McKenzie (-60kg), fresh from winning gold at the Montevideo Pan American Open last Monday, will also be looking to build upon this success


Oates will be looking to put in a commanding performance, following several showdowns with reigning World and Olympic champions at the previous IJF World Tour competitions.

Following on from last weekend’s gold medal success in Northern Ireland, Olympic silver medallist Gemma Gibbons (-78kg) had hoped to join the team in Samsun, but picked up an ankle injury in training so was unable to fly out.

Gibbons has enjoyed bronze success at the Grand Slam in Moscow and Grand Prix in Rijeka.

Meanwhile, Natalie Powell (-78kg) will be looking to build upon her successive silver medals from Abu Dhabi in 2013 and 2014, and her bronze in Dusseldorf, results that collectively saw her climb to 15th in the world.

Meanwhile, Kim Renicks (-48kg), will be looking to secure ranking points and climb the table.


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