{"id":4459,"date":"2018-02-11T03:13:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T03:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.judoalberta.com\/?p=4459"},"modified":"2018-02-11T03:14:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T03:14:47","slug":"deguchi-wins-canadas-first-gold-medal-at-the-paris-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/deguchi-wins-canadas-first-gold-medal-at-the-paris-grand-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"DEGUCHI WINS CANADA\u2019S FIRST GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS GRAND SLAM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margelidon finishes 5th<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Montreal, February 10, 2018 \u2013\u00a0Christa\u00a0Deguchi<\/strong>\u00a0(-57\u00a0kg) surprised everyone with a perfect day on Saturday at the Paris Grand Slam, in France. She won the final by ippon against Tsukasa\u00a0Yoshida, from Japan, and won Canada\u2019s first ever gold medal at the prestigious judo tournament.<\/p>\n

Formerly representing Japan, Degushi started fighting for Canada last fall. This gold medal at the Paris Grand Slam is not only the first one for Canada; it also has a special signification for the athlete, who won against a Japanese opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cI lost twice before against Yoshida, so this was my revenge. I am happy that I\u2019ve won for Canada and it was really nice to hear the Canadian National Anthem after my victory. I won a tournament last week and I really wanted to win today too, so I feel good. I just changed my nationality, and I want Japan to be afraid of me. It felt really good to beat them,\u201d said Deguchi.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old won by ippon against French H\u00e9l\u00e8ne\u00a0Receveaux in the semi-final, in a very short bout that lasted 26\u00a0seconds. In the preliminary rounds, she won against Manon\u00a0Durbach from Luxembourg, Youjeong\u00a0Kwon from South Korea, and Timna\u00a0Nelson\u00a0Levy from Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Christa this is a great result. She is the first female athlete to win the Paris Grand Slam in Judo Canada history. She finishes her European tour with two back-to-back gold medals. I believe these results will give Christa a lot of confidence for future competitions,\u201d commented her coach, Sasha\u00a0Mehmedovic.<\/p>\n

Arthur\u00a0Margelidon<\/strong>\u00a0(-73\u00a0kg) lost in the quarterfinal against Kosovar Akil\u00a0Gjakova, after winning his first 2 fights in the preliminary rounds. He had to go through repechage, where Swedish Tommy\u00a0Macias won by ippon after 18\u00a0seconds. In the final for the bronze medal, Changrim\u00a0An, from South Korea, also won by ippon.<\/p>\n

Antoine\u00a0Bouchard<\/strong>\u00a0(-73\u00a0kg)\u00a0and\u00a0St\u00e9fanie\u00a0Tremblay<\/strong>\u00a0(-63\u00a0kg)\u00a0both had 1\u00a0victory and 1\u00a0loss. Bouchard, who finished in 17th<\/sup>\u00a0place, started his day by winning against Chinese Daga\u00a0Qing, but then lost against Georgian Lasha\u00a0Shavdatuashvili. Tremblay won her first fight by ippon against French Yasmine\u00a0Horlaville before losing against Japanese Miku\u00a0Tashiro, and finished in 9th<\/sup>\u00a0place. In the under 52\u00a0kg category,\u00a0Ecaterina\u00a0Guica<\/strong>\u00a0lost her first fight and didn\u2019t get a ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
-57\u00a0kg<\/strong><\/td>\n-73\u00a0kg<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"
\nChrista Deguchi wins the competition. Photo credit: Rafal Burza<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nChrista Deguc<\/b>hi\u00a0(CAN)<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\nAkil Gjakova (KOS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nTsukasa Yoshida (JPN)<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nLasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJisu Kim (KOR)<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n\u00a0Changrim An\u00a0(KOR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nNekoda Smythe-Davis (GBR)<\/td>\n3<\/td>\nTsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir (MNG)<\/td>\n\"\"
\nArthur Margelidon against\u00a0Tommy Macias, from Sweden. Photo credit: Rafal Burza<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTimna Nelson Levy (ISR)<\/td>\n5<\/strong><\/td>\nArthur Margelidon (CAN)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nH\u00e9l\u00e8ne Receveaux (FRA)<\/td>\n5<\/td>\nIgor Wandtke (GER)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nMargriet Bergstra (NLD)<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nTohar\u00a0Butbul (ISR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nTelma Monteiro (POR)<\/td>\n7<\/td>\nTommy Macias (SWE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Pelletier 7th<\/sup>\u00a0and Jora 9th<\/sup>\u00a0in Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Malcom\u00a0Pelletier<\/strong>\u00a0(-60\u00a0kg)\u00a0and\u00a0Bogdan\u00a0Jora<\/strong>\u00a0(-66\u00a0kg)\u00a0finished in 7th<\/sup>\u00a0and 9th<\/sup>\u00a0place in their categories at the Cadet European Cup in Follonica, Italy.<\/p>\n

Pelletier won his first 3\u00a0bouts by ippon in the preliminary rounds. He lost his fourth fight against Daniel\u00a0Detari, from Hungary, and went through repechage, where he won against Greek Vasileios\u00a0Briolas. The Quebecois lost his second bout in the repechage against Spanish Daniel\u00a0Gallego\u00a0Saez.<\/p>\n

Jora finished in 9th<\/sup>\u00a0place in his category. He finished his day in repechage, where he lost against Estonian Deniel\u00a0Nuriev. He had 2\u00a0victories and 1\u00a0loss in the preliminary round. He won his first fight by waza-ari in the repechage, against German Tom\u00a0Moritz.<\/p>\n

Arno Blacqui\u00e8re<\/strong>\u00a0(-55\u00a0kg) had 1\u00a0victory and 1\u00a0loss.\u00a0Andr\u00e9e-Ann\u00a0Somers<\/strong>\u00a0(-44\u00a0kg),\u00a0Sarah\u00a0Maloum<\/strong>\u00a0(-52\u00a0kg) and\u00a0David\u00a0Teper<\/strong>\u00a0(-55\u00a0kg) all lost in the first round and didn\u2019t get a ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
-60\u00a0kg<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nShamil\u00a0Umaev (RUS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBruno\u00a0Barros (POR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nVache\u00a0Adamyan (AUT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nLennart\u00a0Slamberger (GER)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDaniel\u00a0Detari (HUN)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDaniel\u00a0Gallego\u00a0Saez (ESP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nGeorgios\u00a0Balarjishvili (CYP)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/strong><\/td>\nMalcom\u00a0Pelletier (CAN)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Margelidon finishes 5th Montreal, February 10, 2018 \u2013\u00a0Christa\u00a0Deguchi\u00a0(-57\u00a0kg) surprised everyone with a perfect day on Saturday at the Paris Grand Slam, in France. She won the final by ippon against Tsukasa\u00a0Yoshida, from Japan, and won Canada\u2019s first ever gold medal at the prestigious judo tournament. Formerly representing Japan, Degushi started fighting for Canada last fall.(…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4462,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4459\/revisions\/4462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/judoalberta.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}