Fonseca, the only Portuguese world champion -and just twice, in 2019 and 2021 -, and Olympic bronze in Tokyo in 2021, had surpassed the debut, with Russian Niaz Bilalov (10th pre -designed), whom he had never won.
Portuguese judoka Jorge Fonseca, eighth standard head at -100 kg, was eliminated on Saturday on the round of 16 of Europeans in Podgorica, losing with the Maksims Duinovs Latto, for ‘Yuko’.
Fonseca, the only Portuguese world champion -and just twice, in 2019 and 2021 -, and Olympic bronze in Tokyo in 2021, had surpassed the debut, with Russian Niaz Bilalov (10th pre -designed), whom he had never won.
The second combat he made at Moraca Sports Center, Fonseca found Duinovs, only 21 years old and 175th in the world, but was eventually surprised, never being able to reverse a disadvantage by the minimum margin.
