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Chandler
Finishes Ninth
Paris, France - Carrie
Chandler
from the the Glenville, NY based
Jason Morris Judo Center (JMJC) went 3-2 in 52kg to place 9th at the
prestigious French Open over the weekend. This was on the heels of
Chandler's bronze medal performance at the Belgian Open in the city
of Arlon last week. The French Open is only behind the Olympics and
World Championships in terms of difficulty. Chandler opened her day
by beating 2005 Belgian Open Champ and German #1, Mareen Kraeh in an
overtime thriller. Carrie then defeated Aurelie Plaisant (France)
and Kahina Daoud (France) by ippon before losing to eventual champ,
Junjie Shi (China) in the quarterfinals. Chandler then lost an
extremely tight battle to eventual bronze medalist, Kyung Ok Kim
(Korea). JMJC's Katie Mocco, who is on the
tour with Chandler lost her opening 70kg bout in the closing seconds
to 2005 British Open Champ, Anne Laure Poli (France). Poli lost her
next match to 2005 World Champ, Edith Bosch (Netherlands) which
eliminated Mocco from her first French Open. Chandler and Mocco will
stay in Paris for their training camp before they move on to
Budapest for the Hungarian Open, which will the last stop on the
tour. Jason
Morris Judo Center Office (518)399-3936Cell
(518)505-7271
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