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of Judo Europe] | The judokas of the UCAM-Judo Club City of Murcia have achieved unprecedented success in the Cto.
of Europa Master held in Gran Canaria with a Gold and a Silver |
The first medal was won on Friday Jorge Garcia, who competed in the M4 category (from 45 to 49 years) and in the weight of -73 kg.
Jorge made an impeccable competition, leaving Czech judoka in the ditch in the first round, in the Hungarian quarter-finals and in a spectacular semifinal to the powerful German.
It was planted in the final against the invincible Russian Merenkov (World Champion and European Champion).
The Murcia raised a very tactical final and almost paid off, because in the absence of 20 seconds to end the fight, equality reigned on the scoreboard.
A good ground action of the Russian, made the Murcia should settle for a very meritorious Silver.
On Sunday, the Competition for Selections was played.
Mario Sierra was part of the Spanish combined TM50 (Over 50 years old).
The Murcian had not had a good performance in the individual competition on Thursday and was looking forward to amending him in the team competition.
It was not going to be easy, because this year the teams were very powerful and also the Spanish team had to face one of the favorites in the first round: the Azerbaijan National Team.
The meeting started badly for the Spaniards, because the first two fights fell on the Azerbaijani side.
Mario was the third Spanish competitor and had the mission of maintaining the hopes of the team, but in front he had the very strong judoka that beat him in the individual competition.
The Murcia took out the breed that characterizes him and defeated the complicated combat.
This point spurred the Spanish team and won the last two points, producing the comeback by a tight 3-2.
The semifinal against Germany was expected less complicated and so it was.
Mario achieved the final point, which led Spain to the Final.
Spain returned to the Final of the Cto.
of Europe.
The first and only time was in Croatia 2016 and he fell against France by a tight 3-2.
Now the rival was going to be Italy, but this time it was in Spain and this opportunity could not be missed.
Mario won his fight and the victory against Italy was produced by a tight 3-2.
Spain was proclaimed for the first time European Judo Champion and with a Murcia as the protagonist of the team.
In addition to the medalists, the UCAM-Judo Club Ciudad de Murcia, also presented Antonio Sierra in this European, who fell in the quarterfinals against a Frenchman and subsequently returned to play a game against a German.
Source: Judo Club Ciudad de Murcia
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