Jaca remains faithful to his appointment with judo, the one he has maintained for four decades and that only the pandemic could put on hold. Two years later, the Pyrenean city hosted the absolute Spanish Cup this Saturday as part of the 38th José María Lacasta Memorial Pyrenees Trophy, a competition that, added to the modernization campus that will run until Sunday, brings together more than 350 participants from ten autonomous communities between athletes and technicians. In her the Aragonese representation obtained four medals which were divided into a gold and three bronzes.
The gold was hung in -81 kilos Sergio García, by CJ Binéfar, who is this season on a scholarship at the High Performance Center in Madrid. Two of the bronzes were also for Binéfar representatives, Manuel Alonso (-66 kg) and Alejandra Pérez (-52 kg). The third was awarded to him by Mario Fernández, from JC Zaragoza, in -52 kg. “The results are one more result of the Aragonese modernization program that began five years ago and whose effects are already being felt in the absolute category,” said the Aragonese Federation of Judo and Associated Sports, which described the performance of their team as “brilliant ”.
Aragón put eleven athletes into the running, a figure that was only surpassed by Catalonia (34) and Madrid (21) and matched by the Valencian Community. There were also representatives from Navarra, the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Galicia, La Rioja and the Basque Country.
The level of the competition was high. Not surprisingly, it was the first scoring within the national calendar and qualifying for the Spanish Championship. additions, is also part of the Spanish cup circuit TuHuesca along with the mixed team already played in Binéfar and the children’s and cadet scheduled for November in Huesca.
