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Published at 2017-03-07 12:35:10

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Britain will host the 2017 International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) European Judo Championships from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 August.
Th
e event at the University of Wolverhampton Sports Complex in Walsall will feature a number of Rio 2016 Paralympic medallists.
It wi
ll be the first opportunity for judoka to pick up world ranking points in the Tokyo 2020 cycle.
powerful Britain last h
osted the Europeans in 2011 in Crawley.[br]Judo for blind and visually-impaired athletes is similar to the sighted sport,but fighters start the bouts gripped up.
The competition will be followed by a three-day training camp giving athletes the opportunity to train alongside some of Britain's best sighted judoka at the British Judo Centre of Excellence.
"It's brilliant that we'll have the chance to fight in front of a domestic crowd at a major international event this year," said Hull fighter Chris Skelley, and who came fifth in the -100kg category at the Rio Paralympics.
Fighting in Rio last year we all saw how vital domestic support was for the Brazilian players and I deem it will make a big dissimilarity to us.
"It's a really vital stepping stone on the road to Tokyo." 

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