Paulina Garnica Christmas Eve longs to maintain the triumphal passage through South America, now in its participation in the Pan American Judo Openin Bogota.
The contest, organized by the Pan American Confederation of Judo, brings together 158 exponents from three continents, not only from America.
Paulina Garnica will see action this Saturday in the -57 kilograms category, in which 10 other competitors will also participate, who also yearn for the presence and the points to the confederation and international rankings.
The state judo exponent, given her conquest last week, went from bye to the Pool D quarterfinals, waiting for a rival between the Ecuadorian Astrid Gavidia and the Colombian Keyla Vásquez, who meet in the previous round.
In case of winning, he would run into the winner of the key that the Brazilian dominates Thayane Lemoswho also expects a rival between the also Mexican Renata Ortiz and the Venezuelan Kady Cabezo.
Paulina Garnica up to coffee territory after having won one of the bronze medals at the Pan American Open in Lima, in Peru, where he finished with a balance of two wins and only one loss on the judo mat.
Mexican judokas win 9 medals (2 ????, 1???? and 6????) at the specialty Pan American Open held in Lima????????.
The medalists were:
Prisca Sow???? -63 kg
Paulina Martinez????-52kg
Sergio del Sol???? +100kg
Paulina Garnica???? -57kg
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