From June 21 to 24, Lime will become the judo capital of America by hosting the Pan American Openlast qualifier for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, with the presence of 105 judokas from 33 countries. Likewise, the Peruvian Judo Sports Federation, chaired by sensei María Martínez, announces that the Junior Pan American Cup will be held with 137 athletes from 13 nations; the Pan American Cadet Cup, with the presence of 93 athletes from 11 countries; the referees’ seminar (the only one that will be held on the continent); the Mini Prix; and the Pan American Veterans Cup.
The Sports Center 1 of Videna will host the tournament that will feature the presence of the best exponents of judo in America and where Peruvians such as Juan Miguel Postigos They will seek to consolidate their ranking to qualify for the Olympic event in France that will take place between July and August. This open is the last one that qualifies judokas for the largest sporting summit in the world.
The most important thing about this judo competition in Lima is that the best judokas in the world ranking will come who seek to consolidate their classification for the Olympic Games. or improve positions that allow you to have better chances of winning Olympic gold. Exponents will be present such as the French Teddy Riner, the Japanese Tatsuru Saito, Nora Gjakova from Kosovo, Anriquelis Barrios and Amarantha Urdaneta from Venezuela, Joshua Katz and Tinka Easton from Australia and our best ranked Juan Miguel Postigos and Camila Figueroa.
“We are proud to be hosts of a Pan American Open that brings together not only the best in America, but in the world as many seek to consolidate their classification for Paris 2024 and others, improve positions to have a less complicated path in the search for medals. At the olympic games. The best are coming. It is also a responsibility to hold a world-class event and we have the confidence to respond with a lot of work to this responsibility to develop this event. We believe that the country grows a lot at a sporting level with this type of event because we do not have to envy any country because Peru is capable of holding world-class championships,” said sensei María Martínez, president of the Peruvian Judo Sports Federation ( FDPJ).
The Cadet Pan American Cup It will be on June 23 and is very important because it is the prelude to the Lima 2024 Cadet World Championship, which will be from August 28 to September 1 of this year, and which will serve as a test prior to this great event. It is also necessary to highlight the Junior Pan American Cup, which will take place on June 24 and is a qualifier for the Second Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025.
Likewise, the Peruvian Judo Sports Federation announced the International Veterans Cup (June 27) and also the International Judo Federation, within the framework of the championships that will be held in Lima, will develop a great referee seminar which will be tested in the events indicated to the referees (June 25 and 26).
To finish, it has been planned Mini Prix, event that will take place on Sunday, June 23 in the afternoon, within the framework of activities that the Peruvian Olympic Committee will carry out for Olympic Day and that serves children who are starting out in judo. It is important to highlight the importance of the level of work in organization and logistics of the Peruvian Judo Sports Federation.
