Melilla Judo Teams Impress at Spanish Championship, Despite Controversies

The Melilla teams in the Children’s and Cadet Judo categories returned this Monday from Pamplona, ​​where the Spanish Championship was held last weekend. Hugo Lomeña stood out at -66 kilograms, while Adrián Muñoz had a difficult fight at -55 kg. Aitana Muñoz reached the final at -48 kg, but lost in golden score. Additionally, Rafael Rosa advanced to the second round at -60 kg, but was eliminated in a controversial match. Despite the results, the level of judo in Melilla continues to increase and no competitor returned injured.

The competition began last Saturday, a day in which the Cadets were eliminated in the first round, although the judoka who went the furthest was Hugo Lomeña Molina, in -66 kilograms, in the Cadet category.

For his part, Adrián Muñoz Aranda (-55 kilograms) also had a tough fight, although he could not complete it, since his opponent beat him to victory.

On the other hand, Unai Muñoz Moreno (-66 kilograms) lost in the first round and had no chance of being eliminated, while Rayan Mohamed (-81 kilograms) had a tough fight, but did not make it past the first round either.

In addition, Ilias Salih (-90 kilograms) arrived right at the weigh-in, but he angered his opponent.

On this day only Juan Pablo Gallego (-73 kilograms) and Miguel Ángel Fernández (-66 kilograms) had the chance to be caught, although both also lost.

On Sunday the Infantiles participated and Aitana Muñoz Moreno (-48 kilograms) and Izan Luque Trujillo opened the day in (-55 kilograms). Aitana Muñoz was winning by wazari and her opponent also equaled her by wazari, although she was later sanctioned with two penalties (shido). However, she reached the final with a golden score, in which her opponent won by two wazari, while Izan Luque lost in the first round.

Next, Bruno Nicolás (-38 kilograms) also reached the end of the fight, which lasted three minutes, and reached the gold technique, but also lost by two wazari, while Héctor Cruces (-50 kilograms) fell in the first round.

On the other hand, Rafael Rosa Robles (-60 kilograms) managed to overcome his opponent, who was seeded by the Balearic Islands, and qualified for the second round, after winning by wazari and immobilizing his opponent for more than 15 seconds . The athlete from Melilla won by ippon and with two shidos against him.

Rafael Rosa reached the golden technique in the second round, in which the Basque opponent finally won after scoring a debatable wazari and after three terrible minutes of combat in which he stood out for the Basque’s lack of initiative and having a long guard. , keeping his left arm outstretched, not allowing the Melilla native to get close and waiting for him to counter in order to beat him, since they gave him two unfair shidos.

In short, Melilla athletes continue with their progression and it should be noted that the level of this sport in our city is increasing, in addition to highlighting that no member of the Melilla team has returned injured.

2024-04-30 18:17:45
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