The universal runner-up of Baku-2018 left the Argentine Mariano Coto and the Frenchman Alexis Mathieu on the way before falling into the quarterfinals arguing for key B with the Serbian Nemanja Majdov, whose record includes the planetary crown of Budapest-2017 and bronze two. years later in Tokyo.
Silva, 28 years old, will have to fight in the repechage against the Italian Christian Parlati and then look for one of the tanned medals in the category.
Another high-level Latin American in the 90 kilograms, the Brazilian Rafael Macedo won a duel, but was unable to beat the Japanese Goki Tajima in the round of 16.
The Dominican Florentino Pérez lost in his first presentation and the Brazilian Marcelo Gomes in the second.
Among women, all the judokas in the region were eliminated early in the 70 and 78 kilograms, divisions with European dominance in a world championship that is completing its penultimate day in individual competitions.
So far, Latin America and the Caribbean have no medals in the tournament that attracted 658 athletes from 107 countries, just over two months before the Paris-2024 Olympic Games.
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2024-05-22 14:34:07
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