Cargnin, third Olympian in Tokyo-2020 and World Cup in Tashkent-2022, only fell in the final against the veteran multi-medalist from Georgia under the five rings Lasha Shavdatuashvili, who gave him a withering Ippon.
The 25-year-old Brazilian left the Cypriot Kyprianos Andreou, the Turkish Umalt Demirel, the Mongolian Uranbayar Odgerel and the Canadian Arthur Margelidos on the road in the Accor Arena multipurpose room, the latter in one of the semifinals.
For her part, the Cuban del Toro surpassed the Canadian laureate Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Olympics and universal subtitle in Tashkent-2022, for third place with a spectacular counterattack Ippon.
The Antilles defeated other high-level athletes, such as the two-time world medalist from Portugal, Bárbara Timo, in the third round, and the Israeli Inbal Shemesh in the quarterfinals, before losing in the golden rule by ippon against the Japanese Nami Nabekura in the semifinals.
At the beginning of the 49th edition of the Grand Slam in Paris, the Brazilian judoka Larissa Pimenta (52 kilograms) touched the podium after falling for bronze against the Israeli Gefen Primo and the Venezuelan Anriquelis Barrios (63) lost in the repechage.
Latin America and the Caribbean participated in the prestigious tournament with 70 competitors, led by Brazil with the largest delegation (26), followed by Cuba (10) and Argentina (nine).
Tomorrow the Grand Slam will close with the dispute of the medals in the divisions of 70, 78 and more than 78 kilograms for women and the men’s 81, 90, 100 and more than 100.
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