The Ecuadorian, an Olympic diploma in Tokyo 2020, will seek the gold medal against the Russian Ekaterina Verbina, in the 53 kilogram category.
The Ecuadorian Lucía Yépez settled in at the end of the U-23 Wrestling World Cup that takes place in Belgrade, Serbia, and will fight for the gold medal, in the category 53 kilograms, this Friday.
To access the final, the fluminense defeated Ukrainian Mariia Vynnyk 9-7 in the semifinal, in a match in which the tricolor controlled its rival in the final minutes.
The fighter Lucía Yépez, defeated her similar Vynnyk (Ukraine), during the U23 World Wrestling Championship that takes place in Belgrade. The tricolor will face Ekaterina Verbina of Russia. ????????#TogetherWeAchieve pic.twitter.com/QS6z13ETSK
– Ministry of Sports Ecuador (@DeporteEc) November 4, 2021
In the preliminary rounds, Yépez (20 years old) defeated in the first round to the canadian Taylor McPherson already moldovan Mariana Dragutan in the quarterfinals.
In the fight for gold, Yépez will measure the Russian Ekaterina Verbina, who beat Turkey’s Zeynep Yetgil in the semifinals. The gold dispute will be from 12:00 in Ecuador, this Friday.
The Ecuadorian stood out again after her participation in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, where he achieved a diploma after finishing in eighth place in his category, in 50 kilograms, this after being out of the repechage for the bronze after suffering a fibrillar tear.
#WrestleBelgrade WW 53kg semifinals results
????Ekaterina VERBINA ???????? vs Lucia YEPEZ GUZMAN ????????
SF 1: Lucia YEPEZ GUZMAN ???????? df Mariia VYNNYK ????????, 9-7
SF 2: Ekaterina VERBINA ???????? df Zeynep YETGIL ????????, 2-1— United World Wrestling (@wrestling) November 4, 2021
For its part, the manabita Genesis Reasco was left out of the medal option when he fell in the 76 kilogram division against the American Kylie Welker.
In the previous phase, Reasco beat India’s Bipasha Bipasha 12-4, which allowed him to opt for bronze; however, the loss to Welker leaves her in fifth place in her category. (D)
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