Croatia's Ana Zaninovic has admitted that she did not perform to her best in her defeat to Great Britain's Jade Jones in the final of the women's -57kg taekwondo at the European Games.
The 27-year-old was forced to settle for the silver medal after she lost the gold-medal match 12-9 to Jones at Crystal Hall in Baku.
She told reporters: "I'm satisfied with the silver medal. I would have liked to stand on top of the podium with a gold medal around my neck.
"But even though I lost, the final showed that I'm in the right form and that's a good sign for the upcoming period that will decide the qualification for Rio [2016 Olympic Games], which is my big goal.
"I felt asleep sometimes during the final. It's too late for competing at this time. So I took some kicks I shouldn't have taken."
Croatia have won five medals at the Games.
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Simon Sinclair
Simon Sinclair
