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Canadian competitors capture two more medals at judo Grand Slam event, after Lethbridge's Christa Deguchi wins gold
Lethbridge, Alta. judoka Christa Deguchi won gold in the under-57 kilogram category Friday at a judo Grand Slam event. Deguchi poses for a photo during the award ceremony of the women's -57 kilogram class of the World Judo Championships in Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. Deguchi's Canadian teammates Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard and Arthur Margelidon earned medals Saturday THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Koji Sasahara
Canadians Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard and Arthur Margelidon earned medals Saturday at a judo Grand Slam event in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Beauchemin-Pinard earned silver in the under 60-kilogram class while Margelidon took home bronze in the men's under 73-kilogram division.
On Friday, Canadian Christa Deguchi, of Lethbridge, Alta., won gold in the under-57 kilogram class. She received the medal in a walkover when her opponent, Kosovo's Nora Gjakova, had to withdraw due to injury.
Beauchemin-Pinard faced Austrian Lubjana Piovesana in her final. Piovesana scored an ippon after more than four minutes of overtime to secure the victory.
Margelidon ended a 15-month medal drought by downing Rashid Mammadaliyev of Uzbekistan in the bronze medal final. He earned the win by scoring a waza-ari in the dying seconds of regulation time to secure his first medal since in today’s bronze medal final. With just a few seconds remaining in regulation time, he scored a waza-ari to secure the win.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 17, 2024.
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