Milena Jovanović won gold in Rijeka, Montenegrin karate players six medals

The karate team of Montenegro finished the first competitive day of the Balkan Championship for cadets, juniors and junior seniors with six medals - one gold and one silver and four bronze.

Junior senior Milena Jovanović became the champion of the Balkans, cadet Jovana Damjanović won silver, while cadets Balša Vojinović and Nenad Đuričić, junior Lazar Potpara and junior senior Matija Bojić won bronze medals.

Jovanović won the gold medal in the category over 68 kilograms by winning the final against Minja Varsaković from Serbia, with the judge's decision 4:1.

The official European champion in the junior senior women's competition eliminated Nejla Brkan from Bosnia and Herzegovina 6:0, Teodora Milošević from Serbia 3:0 and in the semi-final match Fatma Uygur from Turkey 4:2.

"The medal from the Balkan Championship means a lot to me, to crown an extremely successful year. The competition was extremely strong, I had three excellent matches until the final. In the final fight, my opponent was a quality competitor from Serbia. Thanks to coach Žarko Raković and my family for their support. "Success at the Balkan Championship in Rijeka is just a prelude to preparations and another good performance at the European Championship in February next year," Jovanović told the Mina agency.

Jovana Damjanović also had the opportunity to crown a good performance, but in the final match of the category up to 54 kilograms, she was defeated by the referee's decision by the Greek Lamprini Xeno 3:2.

Damjanović reached the final by winning against the Croatian Magdalena Vajda 3:1, Paola Dragović from Serbia 3:0, Nina Pozderac from Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:0 and the Croatian Korina Klarić by the referee's decision 4:1 (0:0).

Vojinović won the medal in the category up to 52 kilograms, and in the match for third place he defeated the Greek Georgios Papadopoulos.

In the match for third place and the podium in the category up to 63 kilograms, Đuričić won against Stefano Milunović from Serbia 3:0.

In the decisive match for the bronze medal in the category over 76 kilograms, Potpara defeated Aleksandar Novicki from Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:1.

In the category up to 60 kilograms, Bojić defeated Noah Rumenjak from Bosnia and Herzegovina 7:3 in the match for the bronze medal.

In the categories, the best result was achieved by junior senior Mila Mraković, who won seventh place.

Tomorrow, on the second day of the competition, cadets, juniors and junior seniors will be on the mat, and in the fights, cadets (up to 70 and over 70), juniors (up to 59 and over 59), juniors (up to 55 and up to 61), junior seniors ( up to 50, 55 and 61) and younger seniors (up to 84 and over 84).