Gordon's alive for judo gold (From Croydon Guardian)
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Gordon's alive for judo gold
6:28pm Tuesday 12th March 2013 in Sport By Graham Moody, Sports Reporter
Golden boy: Winston Gordon pictured with Olympic volunteers Jayne Mitchell and Liz Gibson at the recent Wandsworth Sport Awards
Winston Gordon claimed gold at the English Judo Open in Sheffield on Sunday.
The Tooting judoka, who coaches at Ernest Bevin College, beat Enfield’s Philip Awiti-Alcaraz in the -100kg final with an Ippon as a result of a throw.
He won his three previous bouts by the same method, beating Theodore Spalding-McIntosh in just 30 seconds in the semi-final.
Ernest Bevin’s Jack Kelly lost to Awiti-Alcaraz in the other semi-final but claimed bronze in the repêchage.
In the U20 competition, Haris Kekic claimed gold in the +100kg category and Adam Horshal won bronze in the -90kg category.
The club won another seven medals at the British Schools Championships the day before.
Mohammed Alip-Nawaf (-46kg), Abdurahman Chaatouf (-60kg), Edgar Polovinkins (-66kg) and Ali Buchiniev (-73kg) all took gold.
Tomas Luckus (-81kg) won silver and Festus Ahourlu (-50kg) and Abdullah Chaatouf (-73kg) won bronzes.
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