{"id":31409,"date":"2022-02-14T14:48:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T13:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31409"},"modified":"2022-02-14T15:29:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T14:29:57","slug":"judoka-loriana-kuka-triumphs-at-european-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/judoka-loriana-kuka-triumphs-at-european-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Judoka Loriana Kuka triumphs at the European Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian judoka from Kosovo, Loriana Kuka, won the Golden Medal at the European Open 2022 taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia.<\/p>\n<p>Kuka was able to defeat the Italian athlete Linda Politi in the 78 kg mid-weight category.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the third medal for Kosovo in the judo discipline for 2022 after the other Albanian judoka Distria Krasniqi <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/01\/12\/kosovo-s-distria-krasniqi-wins-gold-medal-at-ijf-judo-world-masters-in-doha\/\">won<\/a> <\/strong>a gold and silver medal in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>25-year-old Distria Krasniqi faced Japan\u2019s 2017 World Champion Tonaki Funa in the final of the -48kg category and took gold within 90 seconds. This was Krasniqi\u2019s third consecutive Masters&#8217; title from the Qatar Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31410\" style=\"width: 942px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31410\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f4fffb2f48ab06ea25ff6bc131ca3a60-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"942\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f4fffb2f48ab06ea25ff6bc131ca3a60-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f4fffb2f48ab06ea25ff6bc131ca3a60-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f4fffb2f48ab06ea25ff6bc131ca3a60-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f4fffb2f48ab06ea25ff6bc131ca3a60-696x411.jpg 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/f4fffb2f48ab06ea25ff6bc131ca3a60.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 942px) 100vw, 942px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kosovo athlete Distria Krasniqi in Doha, Qatar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-min-tv-running=\"true\">\u201cI train hard every day and I have the best coach and team.\u00a0We support each other a lot,\u201d Krasniqi told Euronews.<\/p>\n<div class=\"editor-tv-wrapper editor-tv-active\">\n<div class=\"editor-tv-component\">\n<p>\u201cI am very proud of myself because in every competition I have attended in the last two years I have returned with a medal,\u201d added the champion from Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>This is the third medal grabbed by Kosovo\u2019s representative in the event. In parallel, champion Majlinda Kelmendi received the bronze medal after defeating Belgian Charline Van Snick. She was previously defeated in the semifinals by Frenchwoman Amandine Buchard in the under 52 kg category.<\/p>\n<p>Nora Gjakova also won a bronze medal, defeating the Portuguese Telma Monteiro in the category under 57 kilograms. In the semifinals, she lost to Tsukasa Yoshidan.<\/p>\n<p>Judo is one of the most successful sports for Kosovo in the international arena, where in addition to Distria Krasniqi, Majlinda Kelmendi has excelled in writing history as the first athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/01\/12\/kosovo-s-distria-krasniqi-wins-gold-medal-at-ijf-judo-world-masters-in-doha\/\">Kosovo\u2019s Distria Krasniqi wins gold medal at IJF Judo World Masters in Doha<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/07\/sports-icon-majlinda-kelmendi-the-judo-champion-inspiring-kosovo-youth\/\">Sports icon, Majlinda Kelmendi \u2013 the Judo World champion inspiring Kosovo youth<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/07\/24\/kosovan-judoka-wins-the-gold-medal-at-the-olympics\/\">Kosovan judoka wins the gold medal at the Olympics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian judoka from Kosovo, Loriana Kuka, won the Golden Medal at the European Open 2022 taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia. Kuka was able to defeat the Italian athlete Linda Politi in the 78 kg mid-weight category. This will be the third medal for Kosovo in the judo discipline for 2022 after the other Albanian judoka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":31411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[563,561,151,562],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Judoka Loriana Kuka triumphs at the European Open - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/judoka-loriana-kuka-triumphs-at-european-open\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Judoka Loriana Kuka triumphs at the European Open - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albanian judoka from Kosovo, Loriana Kuka, won the Golden Medal at the European Open 2022 taking place in Sarajevo, Bosnia. 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