Dominican Judokas Shine at Pan American and Oceania Junior Championships

José Miguel Brache Jarquín; John Jr Messe A Bessong, from Canada, winner of the gold, the Brazilian Breno Dias Duarte, and the Chilean Patricio Urra. External source

SANTO DOMINGO.- José Miguel Brache Jarquín and Maikor Yefri Louis Pierre won silver medals in their respective categories at the Pan American and Oceania Junior Championships that concluded yesterday in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The judokas added points for classification to the Junior Pan American Games that will be held next year in Asunción, Paraguay.

Maikor Yefri Louis Pierre, Guilherme De Oliveira, Brazil; Tomas Hernandez, Chile, and Lasha Tsatsalashvili, Canada. External Source

In the weight -73 kilos, the Dominican Maikor Yefri Louis Pierre fell in the final against Guilherme De Oliveira, from Brazil, who won the gold. Tomas Hernández, from Chile, and Lasha Tsatsalashvili, from Canada, took the bronze medals.

José Miguel Brache Jarquín also won the silver medal by losing in the final to John Jr Messe A Bessong, from Canada, winner of the gold, while the Brazilian Breno Dias Duarte and the Chilean Patricio Urra were the winners of the bronze medals. .

In the Cadet specialty, Victoria Ramírez Peguero took fifth place in the -70 kilos category; Luisa Villanueva Mota achieved seventh place in .57 kilograms, and in more than 90 kilos, José Miguel Brache Jarquin finished in seventh place.

Top selection in Panama and Oceania senior

The judokas Antonio Tornal, Medickson del Orbe, Robert Florentino, Moira Morillo, Eiraima Silvestre, Ana Rosa and José Nova will take part in the Pan American and Oceania Senior Championships to be held in Brazil from the 26th to the 28th of this month.

The delegation, which also includes coaches Wilkin Ogando and Wander Mateo, made the trip thanks to the support of the Ministry of Sports.

The Pan American and Oceania Senior Judo Championships will provide points for qualification for the Olympic Games to be held from July 26 to August 11 in Paris, France.

Tornal will compete in the -73 kilos category; From the Orbe at -81 kilos; Florentino at -90 kilos, and José Nova, at -100 kilos. The women’s team is made up of Moira Morillo, in more than 78 kilos; Ana Rosa, at -57 kilos, and Eiraima Silvestre, at -78 kilos.

2024-04-24 17:17:52
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