Gold, silver and bronze is the result in metals of the Spanish Saturday in the European Championships that this Sunday finish in Gaziantep (Turkey), and that has lived a Spanish-Turkish duel in the finals with a gold for each country, with which the result of Porec a year ago has been repeated. Tomorrow, the kata teams will be in the finals.
Sandra Sánchez retires as seven-time European champion: seven titles in a row, and it is missing the 2020 gold that was not disputed. Dilara Bozan of Turkey was beaten again in the final. He chose the kata “Chantanyara Kushanku” for the final, the same as his rival, with an overwhelming superiority: 27.2 points to the rival’s 25.7.
Damián Quintero, however, was left without his seventh continental crown. lost again against the Turkish Ali Sofuoglu. With whom he has played the last five finals, with the first three for the Spaniard: 27.64 points by 26.62 that the man from Malaga achieved with the kata Ohan Dai. Of course, Damian already has 23 medals in his backpack.
The Spanish women’s kumitem team, made up of Maria Espinosa, Carlota Fernandez, Maria Isabel Nieto and Maria Torres, they hung the bronze after beating Sweden 2-0 in the play-off final. And he leaves Turkey with only one defeat, and by the minimum, 1-2 against Croatia.