Estefanía García, Celinda Corozo and Freddy Figueroa won the finals of the international competition.
Ecuador finished first in the general classification of Open Panamericano de Judo, absolute category, which was held at the Coliseo Arena Pacificard Voltaire Paladines Polo, in Guayaquil, organized by the Ecuadorian federation of this sport.
The contest, which had the participation of athletes from ten countries, was considered an organizational and technical success, according to the judo national, and said that points were distributed for the classification ranking to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
In the medal table, the tricolor team achieved three gold medals and one silver; while Colombia, with a triplet of gold, it was located in the second box; Mexico He finished third with two gold, four silver and two bronze.
The rest of the positions went to USA: two of gold, two of silver and two of bronze; Costa Rica: one of gold, one of silver and two of bronze; Guatemala: one gold and one silver; Haiti and Nicaragua: one of silver; Argentina and Uruguay: a bronze one.
Medalists for Ecuador
In the selection of Ecuador they stood out Stephanie Garcia, in the division minus 63 kilograms; Celinda Corozo, in minus 70; Y Freddy Figueroa, in more than 100 kilos. They won the finals in their respective series.
Estefanía in the fight for the title of her square defeated the Mexican Katia Garcia.
For her part, Celinda beat the American Nicole Stout, after they had eliminated in the semifinals, both competitors, to the argentina Victoria Delvecchio Yet the estadounidense Melissa Myers, respectively.
Figueroa in the fight for the crown of his series won the Mexican Omar Silva.
Other locations
In other participations of the Ecuadorian team, Pablo Ayala disputed the final in the 60 kilograms and was left with the silver medal after losing to José Ramos, from Guatemala.
They stayed in the semifinals phase Aracelly Barrionuevo, in the 52 kilograms; Brayan Garboa, in the 60s; Y Byron guillen, in the 66.
Ecuadorian credit Lenin Preciado, who participated in the 66 kilogram division, finished in fifth place; The same position was occupied by the Ecuadorian Steven Morocho, in the 66 kilos.
Ayala, Garboa and Guillén belong to the youth category and participated in adults, which helped them to gain experience; They were looking to accumulate points to qualify for the Pan American Youth Games in Cali (Colombia), to be held next September.
Ecuador’s coaches were José Romero, Ludwing Ortiz and Fernando Ibáñez; while Jesus Armesto acted as a doctor.
The next participation of Ecuadorian judokas will be in the Hungarian World Championships, which will take place from June 6 to 12 in Hungary. (D)
