Tel Aviv, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) The 16 Latin American judokas who competed today at the start of the Tel Aviv Grand Slam left without medals, on a day in which France swept the women’s categories.
Only the Chilean Mary Dee Vargas, of the 48 kilograms, and the Brazilians Rafaela Silva and Thayane Lemos, both in the 57, managed to advance in the organization chart, but the three fell in the playoffs.
In 48 also competed the Cuban Aleanny Carbonell, the Brazilian Natasha Ferreira and the Venezuelan María Giménez, all defeated in their debut; while in the 52 kilograms the Cuban Melissa Hurtado opened with victory against the Georgian Mariam Janashvili before losing to the Italian Odette Giuffrida, and the Venezuelan Fabiola Díaz yielded in her first fight.
For Latin America, the Cuban Arnaes Odelín also came out on the tatami in 57, who could not beat the British Acelya Toprak, winner by Waza-ari.
France won the three gold medals in the women’s divisions played today at the Tel Aviv Grand Slam, awards that went to the necks of Shirine Boukili (48), Astride Gneto (52) and Priscilla Gneto (57).
Among the men, in 60 kilograms, the Cuban Julio Delgado and the Brazilian Ryan Conceicao fell in their initial duels, in the first and second rounds, respectively.
Nor did the region do well in the 66, a category in which the Cuban Orlando Polanco, the Venezuelan Willis García, the Colombian Juan Hernández and the Brazilians Willian Lima and Eric Takabatake fought without success, the latter the only one who could savor the victory. , by beating the coffee grower at the start, but then gave in to the Ukrainian Bogdan Iadov.
The crown in the 60s was achieved by the Ukrainian Artem Lesiuk and in the 66s by the Israeli Baruch Shmailov.
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