the judoka Prisca Awiti continues with a firm step towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Mexican added important points in the olympic ranking after winning the bronze medal at the Grand Prix Zagreb, a third place that allows him to stay among the 15 best of the list that will award the places for the next summer fair.
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Positioned as the number 13 in the Olympic ranking and number 19 In the world rankings, Awiti beat the Serbian Tea Tintor and the Filipino Kiyomi Watanabe in the Croatian capital, before falling in the quarterfinals with the Austrian Ljubljana Piovesana. The 27-year-old judoka advanced to a repechage round, where he faced Iva OberaNo, from Croatia. Awiti took the victory and the pass to the duel for third place, with which he secured the medal.
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The podium was made up of the British Lucy Renshallwho took the gold, the South Korean Jisu Kim, with the silver, and Piovesana and Awiti, with the bronze.
Prisca Awiti, proud to represent Mexico
Awiti, of a Kenyan father and from mexican mothera, was born in London and a few years ago made the decision to represent Mexico. Since then, judoka has had an important process and little by little she has achieved great results. A few weeks ago, the athlete was crowned at the Central American Games in San Salvador; a joust that arrived in good rhythm after winning bronze at the Austrian Grand Prix in May.
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Prisca was also crowned in the Lima Pan American Open, celebrated the last days of July. Among his next challenge will be the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023 and continue in the harvest of points that will allow him to classify the Paris 2024 Olympic Gamesthe seconds in his record, after the experience that Tokyo 2020 entailed.
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2023-08-21 22:02:58
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