While experiencing a historic moment at Roland Garros, judo also screamed loudly for a new medal for the Spanish sport this Friday at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Marta Arce took the bronze medal in the -57 kg in the J2 category after defeating the Brazilian Lucia da Silva Teixeira by ippon.
After giving up minutes before waza-ari against Kumushkhon Khodjaeva in the semifinals, Arce had one option left to win a medal in Paris and she didn’t let it slip away. He was able to dominate his Asian rival to achieve the victory that allowed him to enter his name on the Spanish medal table.
There are now thirty-eight Spanish medals at Paris 2024. To them we must add the bronze obtained by Ander Cepas in table tennis. Judo also left a mark on a medal table which, after guaranteeing on Thursday to surpass the thirty-six medals of Tokyo 2021, is the next challenge in the last days to reach forty medals.
Source: La Verdad
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