Loïc Piétri won the “British Open” in London in the -81kg category on Sunday by defeating Canadian Antoine Valois-Fortier in the final. Julien Ottaviani (-66 kg) also put on a great performance by finishing 3rd in this European tournament.
The junior world champion, Loïc Piétri (-81 kg), secured a second prestigious victory on Sunday after the Warsaw World Cup. Indeed, the Nice native, by defeating the Canadian champion in the final, won the British Open in London.
Loïc, 21 years old, junior world champion in -81 kg, faced the British representative David Groom in the first fight, then the Polish Radoslaw Kozcinski, followed by the Dutch Henri Schoeman and the Italian Matéo Marconcini in the quarter-final. In the semi-final, our young Nice native faced the formidable German Benjamin Muennich and emerged victorious. In the final, Loïc clinched the gold medal against Canadian champion Antoine Valois-Fortier.
In the -66 kg category, Julien Ottaviani had an almost perfect run. Indeed, our athlete lost in the quarter-final against his clubmate Sofiane Milous. After coming back through the repechage rounds, he secured 3rd place on the podium at the expense of the French judoka Clément Czukiewycz. In the same category, Sofiane, after his defeat in the semi-final, lost the bronze medal against Canadian Sasha Mehmedovic.
Furthermore, Hugo Fonghetti, recently the French University Champion, narrowly lost to the Spanish international Marco Uriarte from Valencia Judo in the round of 16 and was not subsequently repêched.
Finally, Jean Christophe Lamy (-66 kg) and Jonathan Allardon (-73 kg) did not manage to advance from their respective brackets and remained unclassified.
