The bouts today covered male, female and youth bouts with great excitement all the way to the end when the heavyweight male athletes were in the ring.
The young athletes took over for part of the afternoon. One of the standout bouts was between Portugal’s Joane Alvarez and Lucie Aubrecstova with the win going to Portugal.
In the male division, a much anticipated re-match between Jakub Klauda (Czech Republic) and Jakob Styben (Germany) ended in a points win for the Czech athlete.
Oskar Siegert (Poland) continued his good form – having won bronze at The World Games – going through in the 63.5kg division.
World Champion Dziyana Yemilyanava (Belarus) advanced to the next round in the 75kg division. And defending European champion Irina Larinova (Russia) also advanced in a technical bout with Slovenia, setting up an intriguing final.
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