Olympics: Brazil Wins Bronze Medal in Mixed Judo Teams
Brazilian judo team, Paris, France. Aug. 3, 2024. Photo: X/ @brasil247
August 3, 2024 Hour: 12:14 pm
This is the eighth medal that this South American country has won in the Paris Games.
On Saturday, Brazil’s mixed judo team defeated the Italian team (4-3) and secured the bronze in the tiebreaker. This is the eighth medal that this South American country has won in the Paris Games.
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Rafaela Silva won the decisive match in the -57 kilos category, giving the victory to the ‘verde-amarela’ team by defeating Veronica Toniolo.
Of these eight medals so far, four come from judo: Beatriz Souza (gold in the +78), Willian Lima (silver in the -66), Larissa Pimenta (bronze in the -52), and today’s bronze in the mixed teams. Brazil matches, in this martial art, the four medals of London 2012.
The 37-year-old army sergeant Rafaela Silva became the oldest Olympic judoka to win a medal. She also has two bronze medals from the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games.
Brazil quickly took a 2-0 lead, with matches won by Rafael Macedo against Christian Parlati in the -90 and Souza against Asya Tavano. Italy cut the lead with a waza-ari by Gennaro Pirelli against Leonardo Goncalves in the +90. Rafaela Silva, in the -57, increased the lead to 3-1 by defeating Veronica Toniolo.
On the brink of elimination, the Europeans tied the duel at three, thanks to the victory of Manuel Lombardo against Willian Lima (-73) and Savita Russo against Ketleyn Quadros.
With a 3-3 tie, the draw to decide which category would dispute the last match established that it would be in the -57 category, Silva against Toniolo. The Italian, who was injured from her previous match, conceded in just 14 seconds by a waza-ari.
teleSUR/ JF Sources: EFE
