Africa-Press – Angola. The Judo Elite of Talatona won, this Sunday, in Malanje, the National Senior Judo Championship, for both sexes.
To this end, he defeated Ked Kano from Lobito in the final for mixed teams of the event, thus revalidating the title.
In the individual category, the group participated with twelve athletes and won three gold medals and five bronze medals.
According to the team’s coach, Wilfridiano Neto “Mestre Koga”, the group had a positive performance, as the last opponents were very strong, especially Interclube, who forced a draw in the quarter-finals.
The defeated finalist collected, in individual events, one gold, one silver and two bronze medals, reasonable results, according to Ked Kano’s coach, Bruno Martins.
The coach mentioned that technical failures were the basis of the defeat in the final, combined with the fact that some athletes fought in higher categories.
In men’s singles, judokas Inácio Muanha, Garcia Dongala and Leonardo Barros were in first, second and third position, respectively, in the 60 kilogram category.
In the 73 kilogram category, athletes Rodrigo Fernando, António Candieiro and Acácio Quifucussa were the first three classified.
In women’s, Maria Segunda, Isaura João and Vânia Gabriel were the best in the 48 kilograms class, while Marcelina da Coneição, Glória Zola and Emília Alberto stood out in the 52 kilograms.
At the closing of the competition, the acting governor of Malanje, João Cariqui, praised the competitive and organizational level of the championship, having appealed to the Federation to work increasingly towards the massification of judo in the province.
The president of the Angolan Judo Federation, Hermenegildo Santos, said that the body will continue to work towards the development of the sport, having announced the holding of national tournaments for cadets and juniors this month in the province of Huíla and for seniors in December, in Uíge.
He specified that the closing of the 2023 sporting season will take place next January, with the Angolan Cup.
Held from the 3rd to the 5th of this month, at the Pavilhão Palanca Negra, in this city, the event was attended by 12 teams and 32 athletes in the female category and 24 in the male category, from the provinces of Malanje, Luanda, Benguela and Cuanza Norte.
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