Final preparations for nationals at the Nanaimo Judo Club (Dan Marshall)

By Dan Marshall

Sights set on Nationals

Nine Nanaimo judo athletes head to Canadian Open

May 16, 2019 | 5:27 PM

NANAIMO – Nine local judo athletes are compete at the Canadian Open Championships in Edmonton this week.

The championship started Thursday. Coach Eloy Fiandor said his athletes are dedicated and will capitalize on skills learned throughout the four to six training sessions they undertake a week.

Cheyenne Fiandor, Dakota Sanzana, Makayla Sanzana, Hannah Darmadi, Joshua Darmadi, Marcus Potts, Korin Gardner, Isabella Greene, and Estelle Morland make up the Nanaimo team.

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The Nanaimo Judo Club earned 16 medals at the BC Youth Provincials in Kamloops earlier this year.

Dakota, Joshua, and Cheyenne came home with golds in their respective categories at provincials and look to get back on the podium at the national level this week.

The club will be without top performer Alicia Fiandor due to injury. She’s already had a busy 2018 with a national silver medal in January and several international appearances in Europe.

You can keep track of the competition this week on the website judonationals.org

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