Cristina Cabaa and Salvador Cases They stayed at the gates of the podium in the second day of the judo European that is disputed in Sofa. Both made it to the match for bronze, but were unable to overcome their respective rivals.
Cabaa fell to the Israeli Gili Sharir in the repechage final of the category of up to 63 kilos. Taking the initiative for most of the fight, she was surprised with only nine seconds to go by the Israeli judoka with an “ippon” that gave Sharir the victory and the bronze medal.
Salvador Cases lost to the Bulgarian Mark Hristov in the consolation final of the category of less than 73 kilos. A defeat that was hatched with just over a minute to go before the conclusion, when Cases, who suffered unspeakably to contain the attacks of the Bulgarian, could not stop Hrsitov from taking the lead with a “waza-ari”.
The 23-year-old from Alicante has already he was unable to come back in the remaining time, in which the local judoka, cheered on by the public at all times, controlled the Spaniard’s attacks.
The Spanish team, which closed the first day of the championships with three medals -a gold (Fran Garrigs), a silver (Alberto Gaitero) and a bronze (Julia Figueroa)- will have to wait to be able to increase his prize in Sofia.
