Alicante judoka Salvador Cases has outdone himself

Cases born in Alicante 25 years ago, He put up an excellent fight on his way to the final.. After being exempt from the first round, he eliminated Bulgarian Tohat Butbul (ranked 21st in the rankings) and then Italian Giovanni Esposito (ranked 25th) in the next round. He already entered the fight for the podium by beating Moldovan Adil Osmanov (35) in the quarter-finals.

His opponent in the semi-finals was Georgian Lasha Shavdatuashvili, whom he defeated by ippon and ranked fourth.

However In the final, Heydarov was very demanding of the opponent for the Spaniard, who fell with no options.

Last year Alicante judoka won three podiums: One silver at the Portuguese Grand Prix and two bronzes at the Turkey and Abu Dhabi Grand Slams. In 2023, the loot is lower. There is currently only one bronze medal, the bronze from the Tbilisi Grand Slam in March. In recent events, he finished fifth at the Baku Grand Slam and seventh at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam.

events medal He joined the bronze medal won by Fran Garrigós at -60, the silver of David García Torné at -66 and the bronze of Laura Martínez Abelenda at -48.The success of the Spanish team. At the same weight -73 kg, Jorge Cano won the fight against Portuguese Thelmo Gomes, but lost in second place to Finnish Valtteri Olin. At -81 kg, José María Mendiola was defeated in his first fight against Belgian Jarne Duyck. In the same category, Alfonso Urquiza went through the first round against Swiss Aurelien Bonferroni, but lost in the next round against Italian Antonio Esposito. -Cristina Cabaña at 63 kg was eliminated immediately from the start by Slovenian Andreja Leski. One step further came Sarai Padilla, who lost to Israel’s Gili Sharir after beating Denmark’s Helen Christensen for first place. -In 70 Ai Tsunoda could not win any fights. The young world champion, ranked number 7 in the world, was exempt from the first round and lost to Israeli Maya Goshen in the second round.