They are already beginning to finish several of the disciplines of Santiago 2023, and with this begin the reflections of the participating athletes who already They begin to plan the rest of the year in their different sports.
Such is the case of the national judoka Thomas Bricenowho completed some excellent Pan American Games, after achieving silver medal in the less than 100 kilos category.
“Participating at home is beautiful, this was a totally different event from any I have attended before, I have been to the Olympic Games, but being with your people here, who encourage you and encourage you to be able to fight, “I would repeat it a million times.”Briceño began by pointing out the ADN program “Los Tenores”.
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Regarding the final duel he had against the Canadian Shady El Nahas, who finally won the gold medal, Briceño recounts his feelings. “The final was very close, The Canadian has a lot of experience and either of them could take the gold medalI made a mistake, I left my guard careless, I I just started laughing when I realized that and said ‘that’s it’, but despite that I enjoyed it and gave it my all. “I don’t know if these are going to be my last Pan American Games and I wanted to experience it at home with my friends, my family, with everyone,” he said.
According to Briceño, to the judo discipline in particular The best cards came to Santiago 2023. “The best of America came to judo, the best in the world, no one dropped out. We knew it was going to be a very difficult competition, and that gives it more weight to demonstrate its best quality. For me personally, having achieved that silver medal and fighting in a final, no one can take that away from me. and I am proud of that,” said the Team Chile athlete.
His beginnings in Judo
Furthermore, Briceño recalled his beginnings in this sport, and places emphasis on a particular detail: “I started judo as a child because I was chubby, I was overweight, my parents always took me to play sports and through my mother who is a police officer, the institution taught classes to children of civil servants, I wanted to try and I found it attractive.. My first coach, Raúl Vergara, took me and made me fall in love with this sport, and after all this I am here winning a silver medal in the Pan American Games.”
Finally, when asked about his projections for the coming years, Briceño puts all his chips into qualifying for the Olympic Games. “In judo there is a classification system like that of the ATP, two years before the Olympic Games the classification begins to be able to achieve a place. My goal is to qualify for Paris 2024, at this moment it is my main objective, the idea is to go up in the ranking to be able to achieve classification,” Briceño concluded.
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2023-11-03 21:26:14
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