Fran Garrigós, whose objective was to revalidate the world champion title in -60 kilograms 2023, has fallen unexpectedly in his World Cup debut which will be held from this Sunday in Abu Dhabi and which is the last judo test before the Paris Olympic Games. The Madrid native current European champion and number 2 in the world ranking of his weight, gave in ante el neerdlandés Tornike Tsjakadoea.

Tsjakadoea, of Georgian origin, came to the fight against Garrigós after having beaten Aybekt Omirov, from Turkmenistan, in first place. Spanish was exempt from it. Tsjakadoea, world number 20 and whose best results this year had been a bronze in the Tbilisi Grand Slam and another in the Grand Prix Upper Austria, won by ippon to Spanish in the golden score. Garrigós had not left the international podium since September 22, 2023 at the Baku Grand Slam, when he finished seventh. Since then, he has always won a medal in every tournament. His name appears in the medal pools as one of the best options to end the Olympic drought of judo, which in the Spanish case has not been on the podium since Isabel Fernández’s gold in Sydney 2000.

For its part, Laura Martinez (-48 kg) successfully began her career in the World Cup, beating the Kazakh Galiya Tynbayeva in her debut but the number 7 in the world with he said goodbye to the tatami in the round of 16 by falling to the Swedish Tara Babulfath, number 29 in the world ranking.

And in less than 52 kilograms, Ariane Toro, who was the only Spanish representative of the day who was not exempt from playing in the first round, beat the Mongolian Sosorbaram Lkhagvasuren. In sixteenths, the world number 12 she beat the Israeli Gefen Primo and In the round of 16 she lost to the Japanese Hibiki Shiraishi, number 74.

2024-05-19 11:18:15
#Fran #Garrigós #surprises #falls #World #Cup #debut