TASHKENT, Uzbekistan –

Canada’s Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard earned a silver medal in the planet judo championship Sunday.

The 28-12 months-previous from Montreal, who was a bronze medallist in final summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, shed to Japan’s Megumi Horikawa in the women’s 63-kilogram final in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The outcome experienced Beauchemin-Pinard thinking about the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

“When I received my bronze medal at the Olympics, I knew I needed to preserve competing for at the very least an additional yr so that I could earn the one particular medal I didn’t have, a earth championships medal,” Beauchemin-Pinard stated.

“I’m content to say that I did it, I attained my target. It unquestionably makes me experience like making an attempt for the gold medal, but I’m heading to acquire it a single stage at a time.”

Beauchemin-Pinard gained her initial a few bouts promptly Sunday in less than 70 seconds in each individual with victories over Audrey Jeanette Etoua Biock of Cameroon, Iva Oberan of Croatia and Renata Zachova of the Czech Republic.

The Canadian, ranked 3rd in the globe by the International Judo Federation, needed just about two minutes to beat Manon Deketer of France in the semifinal just before experiencing Horikawa.

Beauchemin-Pinard commenced the ultimate aggressively with a sequence of assaults repelled by her opponent.

The Canadian maintained strain by way of the match, but Horikawa prevailed in the ultimate next of the four minutes of regulation time with an ippon, which is a decisive toss or maintain very similar to a knockout in boxing or pin in wrestling.

“Through the fight, I was able to block her, but her method received the best of me at the very stop, when I experienced gotten a bit tired,” Beauchemin-Pinard mentioned.

“It was involving two large-level competition who have been pushing themselves challenging. At one position, on the floor, I arrived near to scoring, but wasn’t capable to.

“I’m pleased with my result, but correct now, I’m mainly sensation the bitterness of defeat. A silver medal is generally a bit challenging to consider, and it may possibly get a couple of days prior to I come to feel excellent about it.”

Francois Gauther-Drapeau of Alma, Que., shed to Tajikistan’s Somon Makhmadbekov in his opening bout of the 81-kg class Sunday.

Montreal’s Shady El Nahas and Toronto’s Kyle Reyes will contend Tuesday in the men’s 100-kg division.

This report by The Canadian Press was initially published Oct. 9, 2022.
