Judo: Ketleyn Quadros secures gold at Grand Slam in Türkiye

Brazil once again occupied the top spot on the podium on the second day of disputes at the Grand Slam of Judo in Antalya (Turkey), as Ketleyn Quadros won gold this Saturday (1) in the female welterweight category (63 kg). On the first day of competition, Rafaela Silva was champion in the 57 kg category. IT’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO! 🥇🥋🇺🇸It’s by Ketleyn Quadros (63kg), at the Antalya Grand Slam 🇹🇷Victory AT THE LAST SECOND in the final against Inbal Shemesh 🇮🇱, by IpponWhat a great result for our Olympic medalist! 🤩 pic.twitter.com/YaGqOfbfOZ — Time Brasil (@timebrasil) April 1, 2023 The Brazilian’s title, in her last match before the Worlds (main competition in the sport after the Olympics), came with a triumph over Israel’s Inbal Shemesh with an ippon in the last second of the fight. To reach the title match, Ketleyn Quadros first overcame Australian Maeve Coughlan, Romanian Florentina Ivanescu, Portuguese Barbara Timo and Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard. “This medal is very important for my Olympic process and, mainly, for our preparation for the World Championship. It serves as a motivation for the next challenges”, declared the Brazilian, who started the competition occupying the 8th position in the world ranking and who, with the thousand points achieved in Turkey, should be one of the key heads of the World Cup. Paris Olympic Games Judo is the modality that has guaranteed the most medals to Brazil in the history of the Olympic Games: 23 podiums. The Brazilian team tries to guarantee representatives in each of the 14 individual categories, in addition to the team tournament. The best position in the world ranking serves as a reference for the International Judo Federation (IJF) to distribute places for the 2024 Games, which will be held in Paris. The Antalya Judo Grand Slam is one of the 18 stages of the World Judo Tour. In the search for a vacancy for the Paris Games (186 for men and another 186 for women), the points won between July 2022 and June 2024 are counted. Schedule: Sunday (2): Preliminaries: 2h Finals: 11h Athletes: Beatriz Souza (+78kg), Rafael Macedo (90kg), Giovani Ferreira (90kg), Leonardo Gonçalves (100kg), Rafael Buzacarini (100kg), Rafael Silva (+100kg) and João Cesarino (+100kg).


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