THE NEW DIARY, SANTO DOMINGO.- With a total of five athletes, the Dominican Republic will be present at the Grand Slam of Judo which will be held from the 16th to the 18th of this month in Tel AvivIsrael.
Dominican judokas participate in the Grand Slam of Judo Tel Aviv 2023, the second event of this ayear organized by the International Federation of Judo (FIJ). Come on aathletes have the aSupport of the Group Creating Olympic Dreams (Creso).
The contest, which is carried out in coordination with the Israel Judo Federation, distributes points for qualifying for the tournament of that discipline at the Paris, France, 2024 Olympic Games.
In the men’s branch they will see action in the Medickson del Orbe qualifier, in the minus 81 kilograms weight, while Robert Florentino will compete in minus 90 kilograms, and José Nova, in more than 100 kilograms.
In the female category, Estefanía Soriano, weighing less than 48 kilograms, and Moira Morillo, weighing more than 78 kilograms.
Los judoDominican cas, who train at the Center for Alta Technification of Valencia, Spainawill be acompanyatwo from coach Wander Mateo.
Mr. Gilberto Garcíapresident of the Dominican Federation of Judo (Fedojudo), athanked the support of Grupo Creso for making possible the participation of the two aathletes in the international contest.
Garciaa said that, with the Great Slam of Tel Aviv, continue the race of the judoDominican cas for the qualification to the Country Olympic Games, France, 2024.
He Grand Slam of Tel Aviv will gather a Competitors from 54 countries on five continents.
A total of 404 judocas will be seeking top honors, including 227 aathletes in the male branch and 177 in the female.
Representing the American continent, 66 judokas from 12 nations will compete.
