Judo Ontario Takes Home Six Medals on Day One of the Canada Winter Games

Judo Ontario Takes Home Six Medals on Day One of the Canada Winter Games

It was a successful day for Team Ontario’s Judo Team on Day 1 of the competition.   Judo Ontario judoka finished the day with two gold, one silver, and three bronze medals.

Jessica Klimkait basically walked through the -57kg division unchallenged to win the gold medal, while Bradley Langlois won the final vs BC with a spectacular ippon to capture the -73kg gold medal.

Carolina Rincon had a terrific day, winning her preliminary matches by ippon and finished her day with the silver medal in the -48kg division.

Yassin Youssef, Florence Grenapin, and Kira Fusch all secured a bronze medal finish in their respective divisions.

In the -66kg division, Ethan Vandersanden went 1-2 and finished in 7^th place.

Overall it was a strong day for Team Ontario.  Stay tuned for Day 2 results and the results of Saturday’s Team Competition.  For more Canada Winter Games Photos by Aartje Sheffield go to:

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