Josipa Kafadar brings home the silver medal!
Josipa won silver in the -49kg division after fighting six matches. She fought Bangladesh, Argentina, Egypt, Iran, Russia and Vietnam. In that order. Her first three matches were by point gap. 37-0, 27-0 and 20-0. After that her matches were much closer. Beating Russia in the final moments of the third round by a single body shot. 11-9. The final was against Vietnam who was the world champion from Burnaby. She los…t by a single point 8-7. Unfortunately she didn’t qualify for YOG after losing her first match to Uzbekistan in the qualifier.
Sofie fought really well but had a tough draw facing Mexico first who won the YOG qualifier for the -63kg division. She took the champion to overtime and unfortunately didn’t pull through. Stan fought Denmark first and fought incredibly well with a close match in the -48kg division losing 6-3.
Quotes from the National Team Coach:
“It was an amazing experience to make it all the way to the finals. It was an honour to be beside an athlete like Josipa. She stayed so focused between matches and kept her composure all the way through. Stepping into that ring with her was a surreal experience that I will never forget. Our team was strong and supported us all the way through. During the semifinals, team Canada drown out the team Russia chant and it was just amazing to hear. We all won that match together. Go Canada!” – Master Daniel Thornton
