In this final stretch of the year, judo activity does not decrease, but rather the contrary. This weekend there was a Spanish Super Cup in the cadet category in Pamplona in which the Alto Aragonese clubs were once again the protagonists. The tournament brought together seven hundred judokas, the best in all of Spain together with Portuguese and French representatives.
Three CJ Huesca medals
The Huesca Judo Club added three medals in the Navarrese capital. The medal table opened it edward miranda with a bronze After more than 8 months away from the competition mats and a shoulder operation with his subsequent rehabilitation, he returned to competitions in the same way as before, getting on the podium. After giving a judo exhibition, he dedicated his return to the tatamis with this medal.
Carlos Martin, Premiering category, being the smallest of all, he managed after five spectacular fights and beating the number 1 in the national ranking, placing himself in the final, which he lost in a very tight fight. This silver puts him in a perfect position to face his next appointment in Tenerife.
candela perez he lost to the Portuguese in the first round, a judoka who would later win the competition. But she managed to win all her repechage matches until the one she settled for bronze. There, Candela beat the Castilian-Leonese representative, number one in the national ranking, and her victory, in addition to her medal, gave her first place in the ranking.
William Grace he fell in the quarterfinals, suffering a small shoulder injury that left him with no chance of progress.
Ibón and Binefar, close to the podiums
The Ibón de Huesca Club School participated with Two teams, girls and boys. The female, made up of three judokas: Angie Guerrero, Clara Barrio and Irene Miranda. Irene lost in the first round without the option of a play-off while Clara and Angie passed the first without problems, falling in the second round. When they lost to those who would later be finalists, they went to the playoffs. Angie managed to get into the fight for the bronze that she very nearly lost.
The men’s team It was made up of Mario Jubero, Pau Vigüeras, Jeremy Jordan, Jon García, David Marí and Javier Benedi. as the girls, They did a lot of fighting, but since there were so many competitors, the medals were very expensive. Many great battles that were lost in the last seconds have marked the Ibón men’s team and only David Marí was fighting for bronze, losing it against the French representative.
Definitely, two fifth places They bring the Ibón judokas who know little but that their coach Raúl Poblador values as very positive, since it is not easy in events of this level.
And the Ibon Judo Club also had a good representation. Raul Arilla In the -81kg category, after losing in the third round against his French opponent, he won all his repechages, finally giving up bronze against his Catalan opponent in a very tight fight, achieving a more than deserved fifth position. Yesenia Padilla at -52, after losing in the fourth round against the Canary Islander who would finally win the gold, she went up positions winning all her repechages until a very even fight with a judoka from Madrid who finally decided only by shidos, getting a 7th position that he knew little
for his part Sandro Plan He was debuting in the -66 category, one of the toughest by number of participants and, despite falling in the third round, he was comfortable in this new category in which he will surely start to achieve good results. Sarah Rico at -63, despite being a first-year cadet, she had a magnificent competition, falling in the 2nd round and running out of medal options in the playoffs, while her classmate Sandra Naval he gave in again in the second round.
also participated Leo Grace in category -60 of the Benasque Valley Judo Club and Emanuel Fluerica at -55 from Club Atlético Sobrarbe, who were not lucky on this occasion either, since although they clearly prevailed in the first round, they fell in the second round, running out of play-off options.