Brazil Can Win Five Medals on the Second Day of the Miami Pan American Open

Eduardo Silva (90kg), Hugo Pessanha (100kg) and Daniel Barbosa (+100 kg) seek the gold. Dennis Barbosa (81kg) and João Gabriel Schittler (110kg) fight for the bronze.

Today, the second and final day of the Miami Pan American Open, five of the seven Brazilians who entered the mats will compete for medals. Eduardo Silva (90kg), Hugo Pessanha (100kg) and Daniel Barbosa (+100 kg) are in the final, while Dennis Barbosa (81kg) and João Gabriel Schittler (110kg) will fight for the bronze.

One of the golden medals can be won by Eduardo Silva (90kg). The athlete defeated the Portuguese Celio Days in the semifinal and will take part in the grand final against the Canadian Brandon Jobb.

In the half heavyweight (100kg) the semifinal was held between Brazilian counterparts. Hugo Pessanha defeated his teammate João Gabriel Schittler. In order to bring home the gold medal, he will have to defeat the Mexican Sergio Garcia. Schittler fights for bronze against the American Andrew Jacobs.

Among the heavyweight (+100 kg) athletes, Daniel Barboza, the competition was a round robin (everybody against everybody). After losing to the American Akbarzhan Iminov and winning the fight against the Canadian Ignácio Rodriguez, Barboza needs to defeat the Mexican Jose Cuevas so that he can reach the highest place on the podium.

Dennis Barbosa seeks the bronze after being defeated in the semifinals by the Hungarian Attila Ungvari. The judoka will face the Dominican Marcos Figuereo.

Ricardo Serrão (81kg) and Nadia Merli (70kg) fought today as well, but they ended up leaving the competition early.

The fights will start from 5 pm, Brasília time zone. Check the keys on ippon.org.