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The Venezuelan judoka, Karen León together with the experienced Carlos Páez adds two gold medals more for Venezuela in the XIX Bolivarian Games Valledupar 2022. With these two medals the discipline accumulates 12 (5 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze).
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Leon on his way to the final won in impeccable physical and technical condition to the representatives of Colombia and the Dominican Republic. In the final round to become the Bolivarian champion, she won by ippon against the representative of Peru, Camila Figueroa.
For its part, Paéz, barely 20 years old, won the -90 kg division to the representatives of Chile and Bolivia. Likewise, in the final he would beat the Colombian, Daniel Paz, by ippon.