Joan Jorquera offers a new bronze in the Taekwondo World Cup

The Spanish taewkondista Joan Jorquera gave this Thursday a brand new bronze medal inside the national delegation in the Taewkondo World Championship this is taking region in Baku after falling in the semifinals of the -sixty three kilos category.

The Catalan athlete had to settle for a treasured bronze, the identical prize as final 12 months on the occasion held in Guadalajara (Mexico) and fourth medal in a first-rate international occasion after every other silver and some other bronze on the 2021 and 2022 European Championships, respectively. .

The Spanish delegation keeps to face up to a better booty. After Adrián Vicente, at -fifty eight kilos, and Adriana Cerezo, additionally fell at the gates of the very last, Jorquera became unable to interrupt the losing streak after having also published a very strong run.

Samuel Tarini from San Marino turned into hardly ever a rival in his debut and the Spaniard had extra issues with the Mongolian Chinzorig Dashdavaa, in opposition to whom he fought a anxious combat that became no longer determined until the third spherical. The guy from Girona additionally needed to do his best towards the Chilean Cristian Olivero Toro (2-1), while in the quarterfinals, towards the Croatian Lovre Brecic, European champion in 2018, he won with authority.

In the semifinals he faced the Thai Banlung Tubtimdan, runner-up inside the -59-kilo international juniors who handcuffed Jorquera, notwithstanding the reality that he began dominating the primary spherical. The Asian reacted and ended up taking it and inside the second he knew how to control the Spaniard properly to award it and maintaining the price tag to the final.