The Spanish judoka Hey Tsunoda took a new step towards the Paris Olympic Games after hanging the bronze medal in the category up to 70 kilos within Antalya Grand Slam (Turkey).
Tsunoda, number nine in the world ranking, climbed to the third step of the podium after defeating Aoife Coughlan of Australia, world number ten, by ‘ippon’ in the repechage final.
A victory that did not come until the ‘golden method’, when the Ilerda native, who had taken the initiative in the match at all times, saw his greatest ambition rewarded after seeing how the referee allowed his third ‘shido’ -penalty- in the ocean girl..
The bronze medal capped Tsunoda’s excellent performance in the Turkish town, where the Spanish judoka earned a place in the quarterfinals after defeating Dutch Hilde Jager and Joana Crisostomo in her first two matches.
A winning streak that the Spanish judoka, who will turn 22 on April 19, did not continue against the Russian. Madina Taimazovabronze at the previous Tokyo Olympic Games, closing Tsunoda’s path to the semi-finals after defeating the Catalan with a ‘waza-ari’ in the ‘golden technique’.
A defeat the Spaniard overturned with a long-suffering victory over German Giovanna Scoccimarro, current world runner-up, in a grueling repechage match that lasted 7 minutes and 44 seconds.
An important victory that allowed Ai Tsunoda, who this year was seventh in February at the Paris Grand Slam, to access the repechage final where the Spaniard won again with the ‘golden technique’.
Source: La Verdad
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