“I wasn’t actually at my greatest this week, however I felt loads higher at this time (Sunday). After dropping yesterday, I made the required changes, and it paid off. I used to be loads faster and I used to be decided to win,” commented the newly topped champion after the competitors.
Nikola Petrovic (-100 kg) and Lasha Tsatsalashvili (-73 kg)additionally superior to the finals of their respective weight divisions, however neither walked away with the coveted gold medal.
Petrovic’s hopes of being topped champion have been dashed after a hard-fought conflict with Brazil’s Kayo Santos that was determined by ippon. The British Columbian, who had gained his two earlier bouts, was awarded the silver medal.
For Tsatsalashvili, the scene performed out in comparable vogue. The Ontarian, who clinched the cadet championship simply yesterday, gained his first three bouts by ippon, however was unable to finish the sweep. He bowed out to Brazil’s Gabriel Falcão within the ultimate.
“Nikola and Lasha have been nice at this time! They fought some very robust fights towards sturdy opponents and actually confirmed their potential. It was a terrific studying expertise for them. Their futures are positively brilliant,” commented coach
Sasha Mehmedovic.
Additionally in motion within the under-73 kg pool, Munkhjin Batdorj was defeated by Falcão within the semi-finals. Nonetheless, the Québécois ended his day on a excessive be aware with a victory over Argentina’s Matteo Etchechury and a bronze medal.
Bronze for Popovic, Keays and Simard
David Popovic (-81 kg), Janessa Keays (+78 kg) and Justine Simard (-70 kg) added three extra bronze medals to the Canadian workforce’s haul in Lima.
Though Popovic was defeated within the quarter-finals by Brazil’s Kauan Santos—who was topped champion of the burden class a couple of hours later—he didn’t hand over. The Québécois clinched the bronze medal by beating Panama’s Jose Albis Castro Matos, who obtained three penalties throughout the bout.
Janessa Keays of Saskatchewan additionally ended her day in wonderful kind, defeating Idania Ambulay of Peru by ippon to safe the bronze medal. In her solely different match of the event, she misplaced to Brazil’s Luana Oliveira, who went on to win the gold medal within the weight division.
As for Simard, she was awarded the bronze medal due to a victory over her teammate Laurence Biron. It was the third straight win for Simard, whose solely lack of the day was within the first spherical.
Biron completed the day in fifth place. Her countrymates Raphael Gaanan (-60 kg) and Callie Render (-63 kg) additionally completed on the foot of the rostrum after heartbreaking losses of their respective bronze medal finals. Gaanan, of British Columbia, misplaced to Panama’s Eriberto De Aza, whereas Render misplaced to Emily Daniela Jaspe of the USA.
Additionally in motion on Sunday was Aliya Koliaska of Alberta, who gained solely considered one of her three bouts and completed seventh within the under-57 kg pool. The one different Canadian in competitors at this time was British Columbia’s Ekaterina Danilkov (-48 kg), who was eradicated after dropping her first match of the day.
The Canadian delegation’s whole haul of seven medals landed the workforce in second place, behind Brazil with sixteen. Mehmedovic is pleased with the workforce’s achievement. “It was a terrific day, and we’re more than happy with their accomplishments. Our younger athletes got here to compete, and so they carried out very properly. It was a constructive expertise for them. They’ve discovered loads right here in Peru,” he concluded.
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Written by Sportcom for Judo Canada
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