After two days of competitors on the Cadet World Championships, Quebecers Hyeongi Kim, Melody Grenier and Valeria Kostrovets are the one three Canadians to have gained not less than one bout on the tatamis in Lima, Peru.
Within the males’s under-60 kg class, Kim was up in opposition to Tumurbaatar Batkhishig of Mongolia in his first match of the day. The Quebecois was declared the winner when his opponent was disqualified for using an unlawful manoeuvre.
Nonetheless, his day got here to an finish in his subsequent bout, which he misplaced to Anthony Portilla of Colombia after eight minutes and 43 seconds of fight. The battle ended routinely when the Canadian acquired a 3rd penalty.
“Kim’s first bout was a tricky one, however he managed it effectively. His second match additionally began off effectively, however he ran out of vitality on the finish. After greater than eight minutes, it got here all the way down to penalties!” defined Canadian coach Alexandre Emond.
In the identical weight class, Aden Kim bowed out to Thomas Palillo of Italy in his first match of the day.
On the ladies’s aspect, Melody Grenier (-52 kg) rapidly took management of her first bout, defeating Angie Estrada of Peru early within the day.
However like her compatriot Hyeongi Kim, she was halted within the second spherical, dropping to Brazil’s Nicole Marques, who gained by waza-ari.
“Melody fought effectively. She gained her first match simply. In her second, she was caught off-guard within the first sequence for a waza-ari. Because the bout progressed, she grew to become extra assured, and he or she put her opponent in peril just a few occasions, nevertheless it was too little, too late. [Marques] was capable of maintain on to her lead,” stated Emond.
Additionally within the under-52 kg division, Isla Diesmos was defeated by Clarisse Carillon of France in her first bout of the morning.
Additionally on Thursday, Valeria Kostrovets (-48 kg) clinched her first match of the day in opposition to Slovakia’s Kirstina Lili Krizova. However sadly for the athlete from Terrebonne, she subsequently misplaced to Maria Camila Bermudez of Colombia after receiving three penalties.
“Valeria’s first bout was very troublesome, however she managed to throw her opponent midway by the match, after which she held on to her lead till the top. Her second bout didn’t go as she had hoped. Her opponent was very aggressive, and he or she attacked a number of occasions. Valeria had bother dealing with that, and he or she ended up dropping as a result of she acquired three penalties,” stated Emond.
Addyson Tamura (-48 kg) and Lowan Le Bris (-66 kg) misplaced their first and solely fights of the day.
British Columbia’s Amir Tamirbaev (-55 kg) was the one Canadian to compete ion Wednesday in Lima. He misplaced his first-round match to Nihad Mamishov of Azerbaijan, who later gained the gold medal.
The person competitions of the Cadet World Championships will proceed till Saturday within the Peruvian capital. Tomo Di Cesare (-73 kg), Zachary Harris (-73 kg), Tristan Bourque (-81 kg), Carla Van Zyl (-57 kg) Myroslava Bondarenko (-57 kg), and Charlie Thibault (-63 kg) will hit the tatamis on Friday.
