The two big stars of the World Cup in Belo Horizonte, world champions Teddy Riner, from France, and Luciano Corrêa, from Brazil, had no problem going through their fights this Monday morning undefeated. Fighting resumed at 18 p.m.
The most competitive category in the Brazilian competition, the heavyweights (+ 100 kg) had a series of good fights. Riner won both fights he competed in by ippon. In the first, he beat Brazilian Luiz Carmo by ippon in just 14 seconds. In the second, the reserve of the Brazilian Olympic team, Walter Santos, still balanced the confrontation, but was overcome, also by ippon.
In the other group, Brazilian João Gabriel Schlittler had problems. Against the current European runner-up, the Italian Paolo Bianchessi, he resisted until the Golden Score, but ended up defeated. Against Frenchman Pierre Robin, he was almost pinned, but won, also in sudden death.
As Bianchessi beat Robin in his last fight in the morning, Schlittler faces Riner in the semifinals. Bianchessi competes for a place in the final against Walter Santos.
Luciano Corrêa is already in the light heavyweight semi-finals. He beat Austrian Franz Birkfellner in his debut – who had Brazilian Fabiane Hukuda as his coach – and in his second fight, Frenchman Christof Humbert did not compete due to injury. In the semi-final, he faces Brazilian Leandro Gonçalves.
In the other bracket, the star is Frenchman Frederic Demontfaucon, world champion in 2001. He easily beat Marcos Lima in his debut and faces the reserve from the Brazilian Olympic team, Leonardo Leite, for a place in the final.
Among the women, Érika Miranda (52 kg) is undefeated and will only fight once at night. If she wins, she will guarantee the title against Peruvian athlete Leslie Gimenez.
Sarah Menezes (48 kg) lost to Cuban Zaylin Risguet, but reached the semifinals as second in the group. She faces Santos Andressa Fernandes at night. Risguet, in turn, faces Brazilian Isabelle Lima
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