Luciano Correa Opens the 2014 Season with a Gold Medal at Oberwart
The world champion from 2007 gave no chance to his opponents, won the four fights and went to the top of the podium.
The Brazilian Team’s weekend of competition in Europe ended this Sunday (16) in Oberwart, Austria, with a gold medal. Luciano Correa starts 2014 successfully, being champion in his first season’s international event. In the campaign, the winner of the World Judo Championship of 2007, Luciano Correa (100kg), opened the campaign by defeating Toma Nikiforov (BEL). Then, he defeated Christoph Kronberger (AUT) and Ivan Remarenco (UAE) and in the decision he beated Chingiz Mamedov (CHI) and so he ensured the achievement.
The other Brazilians could not win the medal. Eduado Bettoni ( 90kg ) lost in the first round disputed against Gergo Fogasy ( HUN ) ; Eduardo Santos ( 90kg ) applied an ippon to Valeriu Chisca (UAE), but then he fell in the second round, where he faced Laurin Boehler (AUT) ; Renan Nunes ( 100kg ) could not win the first fight against Chingiz Mamedov (QUI) ; Hugo Pessanha could not overcome the first round either, where he faced Ryosuke Takahashi (JAP); Rafael Buzacarini (100kg) was defeated by Cirjenics Miklos (HUN), David Moura (+ 100kg) started winning over Yakiv Khammo (UKR), but he ended up being defeated by Takeshi Ojitani (JAP) and Soslan Bostanov , getting no medal.
On Wednesday (19), the team meets in Germany, where they will dispute Grand Prix from Dusseldorf next weekend. Rafael Silva will be the only member of the group that goes directly to the German tournament, even if he did not compete in the Opens from Rome or Oberwart.
In March, the National Team’s Calendar included an international training camp in Saquarema, in Região dos Lagos from Rio de Janeiro State, forecast between 12th-23rd; beyond the disputes of the South American Games ( 11th-14th ) , the Panamerican Open from Montevideo ( 17th-18th), the Panamerican Open from Buenos Aires (22nd-23rd) and the Grand Prix from Samsun, Turkey (28th-30th).
The keys can be seen at the end of the article.
List of athletes who will compete at the Grand Prix from Dusseldorf:
48kg: Nathália Brígida
48kg: Gabriela Chibana
52kg: Érika Miranda
57kg: Ketleyn Quadros
63kg: Mariana Barros
70kg: Bárbara Timo
78kg: Samanta Soares
+78kg: Rochele Nunes
60kg: Diego Santos
66kg: Luiz Revite
73kg: Alex Pombo
90kg: Eduardo Bettoni
100kg: Luciano Corrêa
100kg: Rafael Buzacarini
