Luciano Correa Is Fifth Placed in the Grand Slam of Tokyo
The National Senior Team will be staying in Japan for training until December 11th. On December 13th, the third stage of the Selective Competition for Rio 2016 will be held.
Brazil closed its participation in the Grand Slam of Tokyo with Luciano Correa’s fifth place. The half-heavyweight won three fights but when he reached the fight for bronze, he ended up being defeated by his Dutch counterpart Henk Grol. In the heavyweight category, the Japanese were the defeaters of the Brazilians. Rafael Silva was overcome by Keita Iwao and David Moura lost to Daiki Kamikawa. Thus, Brazil ends the competition with Rafaela Silva’s bronze medal. The 11 athletes who participated in the tournament will be training in Japan until December 11th.
Luciano Correa won the fight against the Italian Domenico De Guida by wazari. After that, he overcame the Chinese Hu Kai due to having a punishment less. But in the quarterfinals he was eventually defeated by the French Cyrille Maret. In the repechage, he defeated Kaihan Takagi and so he managed to get qualified for the bronze contention against the Dutch Henk Grol. The latter eventually won the fight.
"I really wanted to come back with a medal, but unfortunately it didn’t happen. Now I have to train more and correct what’s wrong," Luciano said.
Today the National Selective Competition for Junior and Cadet Teams also comes to an end. This competition was the second test event held at the Pan American Judo Center, which was attended by nearly 800 athletes. The last competition of the national calendar takes place on December 13th. The Selective 2016 - Stage III will decide who are the athletes who will be part of the 2014-2016 senior team. The Brazilian team’s next appointment is the international training camp in Mittersill, Austria, from January 6th to January 16th.
