Hamburger Miriam Butkereit is fighting for World Cup bronze in Budapest!

Hamburger Miriam Butkereit is fighting for World Cup bronze in Budapest!

Budapest, Ungarn - Miriam Butkereit caused a lot of joy and cheering, because today the Hamburg native got a bronze medal in the category up to 70 kilograms at the Judo World Championships in Budapest. Her fight for the medal was exciting: she defeated the Australian Aoife Coughlan and secured her place on the podium of the best. Before this success, which is the first World Cup individual medal, she had to give up in the quarter-finals of the later winner Shiho Tanaka from Japan. In the consolation round, she then showed her skills again and prevailed against Elisavet Teltsidou from Greece, as reported ndr.de.

The Judo World Championships in Hungary end on Friday, and Butkeeperit is not the only athlete who shines for Germany. Mascha Ballhaus also secured bronze in the class up to 52 kilograms on Saturday. Alina Böhm, two -time European champion, will also compete in the class up to 78 kg on Wednesday. The competitions are far from over and the German athletes show a strong performance.

judo - a popular martial art

The successes of Butkereit and their colleagues are part of a traditionally strong judo community in Germany. As is well known, judo is a Japanese martial art that is very well received not only worldwide, but also in Germany. The number of members in the German Judo Association has grown in 2024 around 132,000. This is a clear sign that Judo is coming back after a low point of 116,000 members in 2021. In Germany there are currently 2,178 judo clubs that offer training opportunities for all ages, from children from three years to special programs for seniors.

Judo has been part of the Olympic Games since 1964, and women's competitions have also been part of the program since 1988. So far, Germany has won 43 Olympic medals in judo, including five gold medals, which underlines the great tradition of this sport. The last silver sensation of Butkereit at the Olympic Games in Paris has heated up expectations of future competitions.

tennis and other sporting events

But not only in judo there was exciting news today: a lot is happening in tennis. Tatjana Maria, the new German number one, will compete for the first time at the WTA tournament in Hamburg from July 13th to 20th. Your predecessor Eva Lys will also start at the Rothenbaum, which increases the tension in German women's tennis. Maria recently won the final of the WTA 500 tournament in the London Queen’s Club and goes into the upcoming games with fresh self-confidence.

But also in tennis there are exciting news from the US Open: Alexander Zverev will compete in the mixed competition, together with the Swiss Belinda Bencic. The new mixed competition attracts the winner with prize money of one million dollars. This not only promises exciting games, but also a good opportunity for Zverev and Bencic to prevail against well -known competitors.

FC Hansa Rostock and the third division dispute

The sports reporting would not be completely without a look at the events in football. FC Hansa Rostock had to accept a defeat in front of the DFB Federal Court. The lawsuit against the short-term deduction of a third division game against SpVgg Unterhaching was considered inadmissible and rejected. The club regrets the additional costs incurred by the relocation of the game and the additional effort associated with it.

summarized we look forward to the successes of German athletes in various disciplines and the existing challenges. Be it the Judo World Championships or the WTA tournament in Hamburg, the sport in Germany remains exciting and diverse. The coming weeks could offer many other highlights.