14 seconds. Aaron Fara’s (JC Wimpassing) bronze fight lasted exactly that long at the Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). With the first attack, a front-uchi-mata, the 26-year-old from Lower Austria threw his opponent Marc Francois Ngayap (France) Ippon.
Fara from Bad Erlach had already lived up to his reputation as the fastest fighter on the World Tour during the tournament. The number 16 in the world rankings needed just 2:03 minutes for his four ippon victories against Emomrizo Anvarzoda (Tajikistan, 33 seconds), Dzhafar Kostoev (United Arab Emirates, 37 seconds), Zelimkan Bashaev (Bahrain, 39 seconds) and Nagayap . Only in the quarterfinals did he have to admit defeat to the top-seeded European champion Michael Korrel from the Netherlands with a hold on the golden score after a fight time of 5:05 minutes.
“Aaron is a force of nature”
“Aaron is a force of nature, and the young Frenchman quickly felt that in the small final. Overall, it was once again a really strong performance. “He carried out his program consistently and showed spectacular throws,” cheers ÖJV sports director Markus Moser: “Only the ground action against Korrell cost him the cherry on the cake.”
The bronze medal is also a pointer for the upcoming European Championships in Montpellier (November 3-5). For Fara, it was already the third Grand Slam medal this season after gold in Antalya (Turkey) and silver in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). In addition to the 26-year-old, Michaela Polleres also represented the Wimpassinger colors in Abu Dhabi. The Ternitzer started with an ippon victory against Kosovo’s Loriana Kuka. After defeats against the Swede Ida Eriksson and the Slovenian Anka Pogacnik.
2023-10-26 18:35:59
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