Abner Teixeira defeated the French Dili Djamili by split decision, this Thursday (23), and qualified for the semifinals of the Strandja Tournament, which is held in Sofia (Bulgaria). With that, the Olympic medalist secured Brazil’s first medal in the over 92 kg category of the competition (at least the bronze one, since there is no dispute for third place).
IT’S SEMIFINAAAAAAAAAAL! ?
Abner Teixeira is in the Strandja Tournament semi ??.
Victory over Dini Djamili ?? (+92kg) in the race!
The medal is already guaranteed, let’s get the ?! pic.twitter.com/dQxXKCOtbq
— Team Brasil (@timebrasil) February 23, 2023
Now the Brazilian will have as opponent the Armenian Davit Chaloyan, who passed by the German Nikita Putilov in the quarterfinals. The duel will be held on the afternoon of next Saturday (25).
Another athlete from Brazil to win this Thursday was Keno Marley Machado. In the under-92 kg category, he debuted defeating Turkey’s Acar Berat to secure passage to the quarterfinals. The Bahian now measures forces with the Uzbek Lazizbek Mullojonov this Friday afternoon (24).
