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Oct 30, 2023 | 2:55 PM
SANTIAGO, Chile — Shady El Nahas captured Pan American Games judo gold Monday within the males’s 100-kilogram class.
The 25-year-old from Toronto defeated Chile’s Thomas Briceno within the closing by a match-ending ippon, which is outlined as both a profitable throw of an opponent onto his or her again, or a pin lasting 20 seconds.
After profitable a bronze medal within the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam late final week, El Nahas mentioned he arrived in Santiago, Chile, feeling sore and injured.
“I came here and I was like ‘no injury, no time limit, no jet lag is going to stop me from winning’ and that was my goal and I’m glad I achieved it,” El Nahas mentioned.