After the stoppage due to the pandemic, the Villa de Avilés judo tournament that fulfills his 20th edition with the participation of 1,200 judokas from 200 clubs.
The city is the seat of the Spanish Cup for the U-13 (Alevín), U-15 (Infant), U-18 (Cadet) and U-21 (Junior) categories.
A competition that takes place in the Quirinal Sports Complex, safe thanks to a complete security protocol against COVID-19, which includes testing all participants before and during the tournament.
Four tatami mats will host the matches that will determine the winners of the twentieth edition of Villa de Avilés de Judo. On Saturday 30, starting at 9:00 a.m., around 310 judokas will participate in the Spanish Super Cup bouts in the U-18 (Cadet) category, while in the U-21 (Junior) category, some 200.
Already on Sunday 31st, starting at 9:00 a.m., the nearly 300 participants in the Spanish Super Cup in the U-15 (Children’s) category will take over, while the youngest, the judokas from the Under-13 category (Alevín), they will be in charge of putting the finishing touch to this edition competing for teams. About 200 judokas will participate in the bouts of this last category.
It is organized by the Judo Club of Avilés. With his vice president and technical director of the event, Carlos Fernández, we have chatted in HERRERA in Cope.
He has told us that participation is high despite the travel restrictions still caused by Covid-19 and that they have broken a record of volunteers, more than 120, who are a fundamental pillar of the championship.
As for the local quarry, he pointed out that there are more young people interested in practicing judo now than before the pandemic and that the level is high. The penalty, he pointed out, is the scant help that is provided from the institutions not only to judo, but also to other sports and asks that once the athletes reach the university or their first job they are helped so that they can combine it with the sport and don’t miss out on all the work from the previous years.
Here you can listen to the interview.
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