Canadian competitors capture two more medals at judo Grand Slam event.
By The Canadian Press on February 17, 2024.
BAKU, Azerbaijan – Canadians Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard and Arthur Margelidon earned medals Saturday at a judo Grand Slam event. Beauchemin-Pinard earned silver in the under 60-kilogram class while Margelidon took home bronze in the men’s under 73-kilogram division. On Friday, Canadian Christa Deguchi, of Lethbridge, Alta., won gold in the under-57 kilogram class. She received the medal in a walkover when her opponent, Kosovo’s Nora Gjakova, had to withdraw due to injury. Beauchemin-Pinard faced Austrian Lubjana Piovesana in her final. Piovesana scored an ippon after more than four minutes of overtime to secure the victory. Margelidon ended a 15-month medal drought by downing Rashid Mammadaliyev of Uzbekistan in the bronze medal final. He earned the win by scoring a waza-ari in the dying seconds of regulation time to secure his first medal since in today’s bronze medal final. With just a few seconds remaining in regulation time, he scored a waza-ari to secure the win. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 17, 2024. 7-6
