📋 Tender Overview
From June 21 to 22, judokas from America will have their last chance to be in the Olympic Games. The Videna Sports Center 1 will host the last judo qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Pan American Open, which will take place on Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22, with the presence of the best judokas in America, including the Peruvian Juan Miguel Postigos.
A total of 96 athletes from 30 countries registered for the event, seeking to consolidate their ranking to qualify for Paris 2024. International figures stand out such as Frenchman Teddy Riner (gold medal in London 2012, Rio and Tokyo 2020), Nora Gjakova from Kosovo (gold medal in Tokyo 2020) and the Japanese Tatsuru Saito (world champion 2022).
Along with Postigos, a member of the Paris 2024 Program of the Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD) and who will participate in the -66 kg division, 16 other compatriots will also compete such as Camila Figueroa (-78 kg), Yuta Galarreta (-90 kg), Marian Flores (-57 kg), Kiara Arango (-57 kg), Driulys Rivas (-52 kg), Arnold Arango (-60 kg), Javier Saavedra (-73 kg), Aldair Barthe (-73 kg), Franco Baltazar ( -66 kg), Mateo Condor (-66 kg), Hilary Lam (-63 kg), Nicolas Cordova (+100 kg), Frank Mayer (+100 kg), Boris Panta (-60 kg), Fatih Munoz (-73 kg) and Sebastian Otiniano (-73 kg).
FOUR MORE EVENTS
Likewise, the Peruvian Judo Sports Federation announced that it will host the Pan-American Cadet Cup with the presence of 93 athletes from 11 countries and the Mini Prix and the Pan-American Veterans Cup, all three on Sunday the 23rd.
Also the Junior Pan American Cup with 137 athletes from 13 nations on Monday the 24th and which is a qualifier for the Asuncion 2025 Junior Pan American Games.
