ST HELENS judoka Lucy Renshall bounced back from injury on her return to international competition by picking up a silver medal at the Belgrade European Open last Saturday.
She had been out of action since picking up an elbow injury at the Dusseldorf Grand Prix in February.
Renshall has fought at the Heart of England earlier this month as part of her return to play but the competition in Belgrade was a step up in class.
But she came up with the goods.
The SKK judoka, in the -63kg category, had to come through two golden score contests against Ebba Glaas (SWE) and Jovana Obradovic (SRB) to make it into the semi-finals.
In both contests Renshall secured the win in newaza.
Renshall backed that up a solid win over Chloe Yvin (FRA) in the semi-final with a waza-ari proving to be the decisive score.
Unfortunately, Israel’s Rotem Shor proved too strong in the final as she scored two waza-ari to take the gold.
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