Fourteen Judokas Clinch Canadian Titles
Montréal, Could 26, 2024 – Canada’s senior judokas placed on fairly a present at Montréal’s Centre Pierre-Charbonneau on Sunday, the ultimate day of the Open Nationwide Championships! A complete of fourteen athletes had been topped Canadian champions on the finish of the day.
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Catherine Toshkov and Keagan Younger
Within the U21 under-57 kg last, followers had been handled to a state of affairs an identical to Saturday’s: a showdown between Catherine Toshkov and Laurence Gagnon. Toshkov, who was brimming with confidence following yesterday’s win, as soon as once more prevailed, securing her second gold medal in Montréal.
“I really feel nice! I received 4 bouts, and I began out effectively, as soon as once more. I took it one struggle at a time, and I felt extra relaxed all through the day,” mentioned Toshkov, following the occasion. “I had an excellent technique for the ultimate, and it labored effectively.”
Earlier than going through Gagnon, the Canadian champion defeated Beata Schenk of British Columbia, Eibhleann Alexander of Ontario, and Hayden Thibeault of New Brunswick. A weekend like this one is bound to encourage the Boucherville-based athlete, who hopes to compete internationally within the close to future.
“I labored actually onerous this 12 months in coaching, and I’m proud to have gotten good ends in competitors. I’m actually comfortable! It makes me need to go even additional, and to proceed to coach onerous,” added the gold medallist.
Marie-Lune Turmel (-48 kg), Evelyn Beaton (-52 kg), Isabelle Harris (-63 kg), Laurence Biron (-70kg), Coralie Godbout (-78 kg), and Frédérique Lavigne (+78 kg) had been in the present day’s different feminine gold medallists.
Keagan Younger at high of podium
The boys’s occasions had been additionally action-packed.
Keagan Younger made all of it the best way to the highest step of the rostrum within the under-81 kg class, which was a very powerful bracket on Sunday. The Ontarian clinched 5 wins to safe the gold medal in his class.
“It feels nice to win gold! It was an extended, however nice, day. I used to be somewhat frightened about a few of my bouts, just like the semi-final in opposition to Tigran Kryvytskyi. I understand how good he’s, so I used to be comfortable to beat him,” defined Younger, for whom the hardest was but to return within the huge last.
“David [Popovici] might be the worst kind of opponent for my type of judo. I’ve loads of bother with judokas like him, so I used to be glad to determine a solution to win in the present day. I used to be actually nervous earlier than the ultimate! We prepare collectively, and we’re good pals. The struggle may have gone both method, and I used to be prepared for something,” defined Younger, justifiably pleased with his efficiency.
His different wins got here on the expense of Alberta’s Ethan Deeg, Ontario’s Porter Man, and Quebec’s Victor Gougeon-Gaze, who later received a bronze medal.
Raphaël Gaanan (-60 kg), Lowan Le Bris (-66 kg), and Yanis Hachemi (-73 kg) additionally received gold medals, as did Guillaume Gaulin (-90 kg), Danil Neyolov (-100 kg), and John Jr. Messé A Bessong (+100 kg) of their respective classes.
For the competitors outcomes, click on right here.
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Written by Sportcom for Judo Canada
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