Reid Wins Silver For First European Medal Of Career

British judoka Emma Reid won metallic to clinch nan first European Championships badge of her career.

Reid, who vanished 5th successful 2025, was beaten successful the- 78kg last by Italy's Alice Bellandi successful Tbilisi, Georgia.

"I'm very happy pinch my performance, and it's awesome to extremity nan time pinch a medal," said 30-year-old Reid, who won bronze astatine nan World Championships successful 2024.

"It has been a reliable and engaged artifact astatine nan commencement of this year, truthful it's bully to spot nan difficult activity paying disconnected pinch my first European Championships medal."

Reid won her last-16 and quarter-final contests pinch sankaku-gatame against Ukrainian Anna Kazakova and juji-gatame against Lithuanian Migle Julija Dudenaite respectively.

She past guaranteed herself astatine slightest metallic by forcing her semi-final opponent, Slovenia's Metka Lobnik, to taxable conscionable 1 infinitesimal into nan contest.