Spain Struggles for Medals at Paris 2024 Olympics as Judo Competitors Fall Short

07/31/2024 – 18:22 Updated: 07/31/2024 – 18:23

Spain continues to fail to take off at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The country is heading for a fourth day without medals in Paris and remains with only one so far, the one achieved by Fran Garrigós in -60 kgTato Mosakhlishvili and Ai Tsunoda missed out on bronze medals in the -90kg and -70kg categories respectively.

He waza-ari Tselidis gave him an advantage that Tato was unable to counter. He tied with the Greek in warningsbut the duel was not tied. Nor did the fight go to the decisive golden point.

The Spaniard reached the bronze medal match after completing a great performance at the Arena Champ-de-Mars. In the semi-finals, he lost by accumulation of points. Shidos against Olympic champion Bekauri, despite his coach’s calls from the side: “Right leg; right leg”The noise was scarce in a fight that seemed to have no audience due to the deathly silence.

Tsunoda missed out on bronze in the face of Michaela Polleres. (Reuters/Phil Powell)

The resignation of judokas

Ai Tsunoda was also unsuccessful. The Spaniard reached the bronze medal match after going through the repechage against the Austrian Michaela Pollereswho won in just one minute by a ippon in the middle of the round. This is how the chance of a medal in the women’s -70 kg category disappeared.

She was dressed in white when silence fell on the dance floor. “You’re going to suffocate her,” was heard from the stands in relation to the Austrian’s attack on the Spaniard.. The advantage, however, was for Tsunoda, because she had not yet been cautioned. But the ippon was decisive and was left without the bronze.

Umbrellas remained up in Paris on Wednesday, as they did on Saturday. But this time it was because of the heat and not the rain, which flooded the surroundings of the stadium with mud.. The venue, however, was empty. Ticket sales had sold out, as indicated at the box office.

Spain continues to fail to take off at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The country is heading for a fourth day without medals in Paris and remains with only one so far, the one achieved by Fran Garrigós in -60 kgTato Mosakhlishvili and Ai Tsunoda missed out on bronze medals in the -90kg and -70kg categories respectively.

2024-08-01 01:53:19
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