06/07/2021 at 6:55 PM CEST
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Ana Pérez gift set On Monday, she won the silver medal in the category up to 52 kilos at the Judo World Cups in Budapest, falling in the final against the Japanese. Ai Shishime, number three in the world ranking and who won gold for ‘ippon’ after immobilizing the Spaniard with 27 seconds remaining.
Pérez Box, 25 and world number 12, didn’t have many options to clinch gold against the Japanese, who controlled the fight against the Spaniards. She accumulates two ‘shidos’, proof of the ineffectiveness of her catches.
Alicante, belonging to Valencia Judo Club, could not shoot at any time Shishime, who repelled all attacks from Perez to avoid the tillage of Pérez, his great specialty.
This World Cup silver medal is the first medal for Ana Perez in some World Cups and shows the great progress he is making after obtaining an honorable fifth place at the European Championships held last year in Prague.
In order to Shishime, 27, is his second world title after that obtained in 2017, precisely in Budapest. He also has a silver medal in 2018 and a bronze medal in 2019.
Her next target will be the Tokyo Olympics, which will be her first, where she is a firm contender for a medal.
Spain has three medals in these Judo World Cups after the bronzes won this Sunday by Julia Figueroa (-48 kilos) and Fran Garrigos (-60 kilos).
