Judoka Denis Vieru has won the Grand Prix of Portugal. The 25-year-old athlete scored four victories in the 66 kg class. He beat Portugal’s Kainan Pires, Moldova’s Radu Izvoreanu, Ukraine’s Bogdan Iadov and Freddy Waizenegger of Switzerland, IPN reports.
In the 60 kg class, Nicolae Foca made his debut with a victory against Dylan Munro of the UK, but was then eliminated by the future winner of the competition Harim Lee of South Korea.
Moldova’s squad also includes Adil Osmanov, Petru Pelivan (both 73 kg), Nicon Zaboroshchuk, Mihail Latyshev (both 81 kg), Dorin Goțonoagă, and Iurie Mocanu (both 90 kg).
