Montréal, October 2, 2024 – 4 Canadian athletes have been on Wednesday’s roster on day one of many World Junior Championships in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Quebecers Heidi Quach and Marie-Lune Turmel obtained Canada’s greatest outcomes, each reaching the spherical of sixteen.
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Heidi Quach (Blue)
Within the under-48 kg weight division, Quach started her day with an expeditious eight-second victory over native favorite Zuhal Jumaeva. Within the second spherical, the 20-year-old Canadian disposed of Romania’s Laura Bogdan in additional time.
Quach’s profitable streak got here to an finish within the spherical of sixteen, nonetheless, when Hungary’s Szabina Szeleczki defeated her by ippon.
“Heidi started her day in spectacular vogue with a really fast victory, then adopted up with a formidable win over a strong Romanian opponent to advance to the third spherical. And though she began off sturdy in opposition to the Hungarian, a slight lapse in her focus sadly allowed her opponent to attain an ippon and win the match,” defined Canadian coach Sasha Mehmedovic.
In the identical weight class, Turmel acquired a bye within the first spherical. She then confronted Morgane Annis of France, whom she threw twice in lower than two minutes to safe the win.
Nevertheless, the roles have been reversed within the subsequent spherical, when Japan’s Sachiyo Yoshino threw the Québécoise twice in lower than three minutes to clinch the match. Yoshino later went on to win the silver medal.
“Marie-Lune confronted a tricky problem in her first bout, as a result of her opponent not too long ago received a bronze medal on the Junior European Championships. Nevertheless, she fought extraordinarily nicely. Towards her Japanese opponent, she wasn’t capable of finding the opening she wanted to attain. [Yoshino] seemed to be prepared for something,” added Mehmedovic.
Though neither Quach nor Turmel superior to the medal rounds, coach Mehmedovic is satisfied the long run is shiny for each athletes.
“We noticed nice issues from them immediately, they usually’ve been growing frequently over the previous yr. I’m satisfied that over the following few seasons, they’ll proceed to realize good outcomes. And in the event that they sustain the nice work, they need to be prepared for the 2028 Olympics,” he concluded.
Evelyn Beaton (-52 kg) misplaced her opening bout immediately to particular person impartial athlete Daria Zakharova in additional time.
On the lads’s aspect, Daniil Kremerman (-60 kg) was eradicated by Khairullo Ghanizoda of Tajikistan in his first match of the day.
The Junior World Championships will proceed till Saturday in Dushanbe. Catherine Toshkov (-57 kg), Laurence Gagnon (-57 kg), and Félix Mercier-Ross (-73 kg) will likely be in motion on Thursday.
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Written by Sportcom for Judo Canada
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