Quintana Roo pride! The athlete originally from Tulum, Quintana Roo, Thaily Sofía Molina, achieves a historic gold medal at the 2024 Pan American U-13 and U-15 Judo Championships.
Thaily Molina pride of Tulum
The Quintana Roo athlete defeated the Ecuadorian Laila Paredes in the U-13 final, managing to become champion during the activities carried out in Cuba.
Thaily Molina became the first Quintana Roo native in history to win a gold medal in a Pan American Under-13 and Under-15 Judo Championship.
The young woman from Quintana Roo, who also represented Mexico, showed her best technique to beat Laila Paredes from Ecuador in what was the grand final of the U-13 category and thus become the first athlete in the history of Quintana Roo sport in obtain a gold within a Pan American Championship in the specialty of Judo.
On her way to the title, the Tulum native surpassed rivals such as Arislemi Molina from Cuba, Hevellen Silva from Brazil and Aitana Molina from Cuba; also highlighting that, to participate in this type of competition, athletes must be ranked in the first national places, in the case of Thaily Molina she is number one in her division.
It should be noted that Thaily trains under the direction of Professor Marta Domínguez Ramos in Tulumthis under a coordinated effort with the technical director of judo in Quintana Roo, Professor Dayma Beltrán.
The competition also saw the participation of three other athletes from Quintana Roo, who showed their quality by achieving great international experience, such as Maximiliano Vázquez, who finished in fifth place in his division; in addition to Dylan Itza who reached the repechage phase and César Santamaria.
