Panamanian judokas will be at the Madrid Open

The Panamanian judokasand find ua High Performance Center in Valencia, Spainas part of their preparations for Games of Central America and the Caribbean which will be held in Savedr between June 23 and July 8.

For this weekend, between Saturday and Sunday, Panamanian judokas who were in three weeks Valencia will move to the Spanish capital to compete in the Open Madrid, a very important tournament that also awards classification points Pan American Games Santiago 2023 in Chiliexpressed Estela Riley, President of the United Judo Federation of Panama.

The four judokas who are in Valencia are: Lilian Cordones (-52 kg), Kristine Jiménez (-57 kg), Bernabé Vergara (-60 kg) and Alexis Harrinson (-81 kg).

All of this serves as part of your preparation for Central American and Caribbean Games 2023, They will stay in Spain until June 21, and then travel to El Salvador for a regional tournament, he explained. Stella Riley.

Judo arms himself to continue the fight, fighting for Games of Central America and the Caribbean, As a reminder, Panama won a total of 13 medals in these matches held in Barranquilla in 2018, of which three were gold, but two of those gold medals were won by judo.

Two gold medals in Barranquilla 2018 where Kristina Jimenez up to 52 kilograms and Myriam Roper in (-57 kg), the third gold was won by Edgar Crespo in the 50 meter breaststroke.

Now Panamanian judo aims to win medals again, although it won’t be easy, says the leader Stella Riley, because they have very young guys, he is a veteran Kristine Jimenez, but it went a step higher.

Kristine was in the category (-52 kg) in Barranquilla and now she will compete in the (-57 kg) category, where she will meet higher competitors, but she continues to climb the podium, she explained Riley.

The presenter looks at the complicated competition in the Games of Central America and the Caribbean for Panamanian judo, but at the same time he is optimistic and claims, “let’s go fight”.

Panama for 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games will have a delegation of 8 athletes: Kristine Jiménez (-57kg), Bernabé Vergara (-60kg), Alexis Harrison (-81kg), Lilian Cordones (-52kg), Manuela Fernández (-63kg), Mario Cordones (-66kg) , Manuel Velásquez (-100 kg) and Ronal González (-66 kg).