Sunday, 2 May 2021
Belgium s Charline Van Snick is to return to competition at the upcoming International Judo Federation Kazan Grand Slam, having avoided undergoing surgery on a torn ankle ligament.
The London 2012 bronze medallist in the women s under-48-kilogram category took to
Twitter to confirm her participation at the last Grand Slam event before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Following a test match at the Boulogne-Billancourt club in Paris, Van Snick will travel to Russia for the competition which is set to take place from Wednesday (May 5) to Friday (May 7).
In February, Van Snick injured her ankle at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam during a win over France s Priscilla Gneto and was forced to withdraw from her bronze-medal match against Kosovo s Majlinda Kelmendi.