First of all the senior Moussa Macalou came summoned by the Spanish National Team to Bulgaria to represent our country in the Sofia European Open where 400 of the best judokas from 43 nations from all continents ranked in the world have met, beating his German opponent in the first round in a lightning action in just 8 seconds of combat, and although in the second round he was dominating clearly to his Romanian opponent, finally a small technical failure prevented him from winning and reaching the playoffs, although proving to be on a par with the best in the world. We will be attentive to his next appointment at the Rome European Open 2023 on March 11.
On the other hand, the children and cadets had one of the most important events of Aragonese judo: the First Phase of the Aragon Championship and School Games where they position themselves to see who will represent our Community in the Spanish Championship, which will be decided definitively on April 1 and 2
On Saturday it was the turn of the cadets captained by Antonio Clager, all of them managing to get on the podium by achieving a total of 3 gold medals Raul Arilla in -81kg, Sandra Naval in -63kg and Mama Coulibaly in +70kg finally recovered from her injury and ready to compete again at maximum level to which we are accustomed. Silver medals were won by Alejandro Obensa in -73kg, Sara Rico in -63kg and Yesenia Padilla in -52kg who, despite suffering an untimely injury, held out until the final, and the bronze this time went to Sandro Plà in -66kg who made a magnificent competition in one of the most demanding categories of the competition.
by the infantile on Sunday they managed to climb to the top of the podium Daniela Terés in -48kg, Martina Aurín in -52kg, Sira Diallo in -57kg and Ballalo Coulibaly in +63kg; while her partner Sogona Magassa in +63kg got silver and 6 bronzes the team achieved by the hand of Héctor Cardil in -60kg, Matias Jordá in -66kg, Paula Zurita in -44kg, Sofia Cafferata in -57kg, Selena Padilla in -63kg and Anna Sánchez in +63kg; while Antonio Clager in -60kg and Hugo Agrelo in -38kg were 5th and although their teammates Carlos Martínez and Julián Morillo in the -38kg category, Marcos Llacera in -42kg, Aitor García and Miguel Nieto in -55kg and Izar Manuel in -60kg did not They managed to get on the podium on this occasion, all of them had a good competition.
He Ainsa Athletic Club With her coach Eva Cuenca, the cadet Emmanuel Fluerica in 55 kg achieved bronze in her category, while the children’s Madalin Fluerica in -42kg and her partner Liana Sanfélix in -52kg each achieved silver, leaving them all in very good shape. position for the second phase, also participating cadet Adrián Lanau in -66kg and in the children’s category Oscar Ceresuela who achieved 5th position in the -55kg category.
Also the children of the Club de Judo Tamarite Hand in hand with their coach Juan Mediavilla they played a prominent role since Pol Blanco in -42 got the bronze, while his classmates David Puertas took 5th place in -42kg and although his teammates Oscar Puertas in -42kg and Jorge Neck in -60kg could not get on the podium this time they held a great competition.
For his part he Benasque Valley Judo Club He was represented by Leo Gracia in -60kg who achieved the bronze that also positions him for April.
Next weekend we have a new appointment with the Fuengirola European Cup for the cadets and the Montijo Children’s Cup.
