The Montenegrin karate team will have representatives in five finals at the European Cadet, Junior and Young Senior Championships in Limassol, and will end the performance with seven medals.
The gold medal fights on the second day of competition were won by juniors Vuk Vučinić and Una Raković and younger seniors Balša Vojinović and Helena Backović.
Cadet Neda Beljkaš secured a place in the finals yesterday in kata.
Junior Anes Arifaj won the bronze medal today, joining Jovana Milić, who was third in kata yesterday.
Vučinić reached the semifinals in the over 76 kg category without losing a point and after three triumphs, where he eliminated Georgian Nika Konjari 7:1.
The opponent of the Iskra karateka in Sunday's final will be Ukrainian Vladislav Rudenko.
Una Raković from Omladinac will face Italian Nicole Corredu in the final of the over 66 kilogram category.
Previously, in the semifinals, which she reached with three convincing triumphs, she eliminated Russian Kira Krapivina 4:3.
Vojinović, a member of Iskra, reached the semifinals of the 60 kg category after three victories, where he beat Amin Abdelmalki 4:0. His opponent in the final will be Italian Guido Scuilante.
The tradition of good results in younger categories was confirmed in Limassol by Helena Backović in the 55 kg category.
After three triumphs, the member of Omladinac reached the semifinals, where she eliminated Hena Mehanija from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH).
Nina Kvasnicova from Slovakia awaits her in the final.
Anes Arifaj (under 76, Iskra) failed to crown an excellent performance by reaching the final, as he was defeated in the semifinals by Slovak Ričard Tucanik 3:1.
He won the medal by defeating Nikolay Tsanev from Bulgaria 3:0.
Junior Balša Danilović (under 61, Gorštak) and younger seniors Lazar Đurčević (under 67, Vukovi) and Lazar Potpara (over 84, Fokus) had less luck in the repechage, they failed to reach the medal match, and in the end they finished in seventh place.
Katarina Đukić (under 59, Gorštak) was also in the repechage, but due to several refereeing errors, she could not get further than ninth place.
Junior Jusuf Saljiu (under 68, Youth) also had a good performance, but after two triumphs he was stopped in the third round.
The surprise was provided by trophy-winning junior senior Jovana Damjanović (over 68, Youth), who was eliminated in the first round.
Of the other Montenegrin competitors, the following were stopped in the first round: juniors Branko Lazović (under 55, Iskra), Lana Vukčević (under 53, Omladinac) and Lara Šakotić (under 66, Onogošt) and younger seniors Nikša Zejak (under 75, Iskra), Nađa Boričić (under 61, Omladinac) and Mariam Zahrane (under 68, Bar), and in the second round: Tara Perković (under 48, Omladinac) and Đorđe Durutović (under 84, Bar).
A difficult draw prevented the cadet-junior kata team consisting of Benjamin Aljošević, Aleksa Barjaktarović and Aleksa Đurović from making a step beyond the first round.
The final matches are scheduled for tomorrow, the last day of competition at the European Championship.
Montenegrin karate players in Limassol are led by coaches Biserka Radulović and Milena Milačić in kata, and Almir Cecunjanin, Žarko Raković, Dejan Ivanović and Nenad Vojinović in combat.
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