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Adrián Nieto and Jaione Equisoain win gold in Madrid

The Spanish judokas Adrian Nietoin the category of up to 66 kilos, and Born in Equisoainin the -57 kilos category, they hung this Saturday the gold medal at the Madrid Openafter beating the Italian Mattia Miceli and the French Lou Lemire, respectively, in the final.


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Nietowho this year had fifth place as his best result, achieved last week at the Dushanbe Grand Prix (Tajikistan), once again demonstrated in Madrid the good form he is going through after winning by “ippon” in his first two bouts the French Riwane Hamadi and the Italian Biagio D’Angelo.

The victorious streak that the judoka from Madrid, number 28 in the world rankings, continued in the semifinals in which Adrián Nieto also beat the Italian Francesco Cargnelutti by “ippon”. Last step prior to a final in which Nieto, who started as the number one seed in the tournament, made the predictions come true and beat Mattia Miceli from the Alps.

The Navarrese did not fail either Born in Equisoainwho added his first podium of the course, after hanging the gold medal in the category of up to 57 kilos at the Gallur sports center.

Equisoain, number 62 in the world ranking, reached the final after beating the Portuguese Ana Agulhas, the French Meriem Medjouri and the Israeli Maya Leopold.

Although the biggest challenge for the Spanish woman came in the semifinals in which Jaione Equisoain faced the British Chelsie Giles, bronze medalist at the Tokyo Games and world number 2 in the weight of -52 kilos, who decided to go up a category in Madrid.

A very tough fight in which Equisoin prevailed by a “waza-ari” in the “golden technique”, obtaining the ticket for a final in which the 29-year-old from Navarre defeated the French Lou Lemire by “ippon” .

Those of Adrián Nieto and Jaione Equisoain were not the only two medals for the Spanish representatives on the first day of the Madrid Open in which Luis Barroso and Pedro Gómez achieved bronze in the category of up to 60 kilos, while Jorge Cano rose to third step of the podium in -73 kilos.

2023-06-10 19:41:25
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