Jayda Fulp Places Seventh at Cadet Worlds

(Colorado Springs, CO) – Competing at her third Cadet World Championships, 17-year-old Jayda Fulp (Fort Worth, Texas / Chandler Judo Academy) posted her best finish in the event on Friday, finishing seventh in the women’s 63kg competition.

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The fourth-seeded Fulp advanced to the quarterfinals by making quick work of Chile’s Ariany Silva, defeating the Chilean with a choke just 20 seconds into their match. Up against Poland’s Hanna Zaitseva in the quarterfinals, Zaitseva caught Fulp in an armbar to end the match with 2:32 remaining.

The defeat sent Fulp into the repechage round with a chance to reach a bronze-medal match. Facing Italy’s Maila Pagliaro in the repechage, the two combatants went into Golden Score (sudden-death overtime) where Fulp picked up her third shido (penalty) 20 seconds into the extra session to end her run at the medal round.

In the women’s 57kg division, Lithuania’s Ugne Skeryte scored two waza-aris (half-point throws) against Lily Oh (Ashburn, Va. / Sport Judo) to win their round of 32 match. In the round of 32 in the women’s 63kg competition, Sika Hounfodji (Houston, Texas / Westlake Judo Club) was thrown for ippon (instant win) by Mongolia’s Maralmaa Khurelchuluun.

In men’s 73kg action, Heinrich Hanada (Bethesda, Md. / Sport Judo) took his round of 32 opponent, Tomo DiCesare of Canada to Golden Score before Hanada accumulated his third shido of the match, giving DiCesare the victory. Also in the men’s 73kg division, Anthony Farnot (Lehigh Acres, Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center) lost by ippon to European Cadet Championships bronze medalist Jasur Ibadli of Azerbaijan in the round of 32.

Over in the men’s 81kg division, Daniel Shulgin (Philadelphia, Pa. / Yawara Force) was thrown for two waza-aris to lose his round of 16 matchup against Lithuania’s Tajus Babaicenko.

The Cadet World Championships wrap up on Saturday with five Americans taking to the tatami: Mackenzie Schultz (Daleville, Ala. / Black Ice Judo) and Chloe Williams (Stafford, Va. / Wall 2 Wall Martial Arts) in the women’s 70kg; Juliana Marquez (La Puente, Calif. / Guerreros Judo Club) in the women’s +70kg; Christian Corchado (New Britain, Conn. / New Britain Judo and Dynamic Arts) in the men’s 90kg; and Kanta Ueyama (Burbank, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo) in the men’s +90kg.

Top eight and U.S. results from Day 3 are as follows:

Women’s 57 kg
1. Ariunzaya Terbish (MGL)
2. Manon Agati-Alouache (FRA)
3. Jolina Reinhold (GER)
3. Evelina Bosiek (IJF)
5. Talyana Abdallah (FRA)
5. Tsendbazar Mashbat (MGL)
7. Giulia Sorelli (ITA)
7. Aline Santos (BRA)
Also Competed: Lily Oh (Ashburn, Va. / Sport Judo), 0-1

Women’s 63 kg
1. Honoka Kimura (JPN)
2. Hanna Zaitseva (POL)
3. Amelia Ptasinska (POL)
3. Sinem Oruc (TUR)
5. Maila Pagliaro (ITA)
5. Lucia Carpio Fernandez (ESP)
7. Jayda Fulp (Fort Worth, Texas / Chandler Judo Academy)
7. Emma Benghezal (FRA)
Also Competed: Sika Hounfodji (Houston, Texas / Westlake Judo Club), 0-1

Men’s 73 kg
1. Jasur Ibadli (AZE)
2. Timur Davidov (IJF)
3. Noah Boue (FRA)
3. Inomjon Bakhodirov (UZB)
5. Mehdi Salah (FRA)
5. Norbertas Racka (LTU)
7. Tsotne Bakhtadze (GEO)
7. Silas Costa (BRA)
Also Competed: Anthony Farnot (Lehigh Acres, Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center), 0-1, and Heinrich Hanada (Bethesda, Md. / Sport Judo), 0-1

Men’s 81 kg
1. Abu-Bakr Kantaev (IJF)
2. Ilia Simonov (IJF)
3. Mehdi Abbasov (AZE)
3. Mykhailo Solianyk (UKR)
5. Kenzo Cremers (BEL)
5. Rassul Mukhum (KAZ)
7. Tajus Babaicenko (LTU)
7.  Ali Gazimammadov (AZE)
Also Competed: Daniel Shulgin (Philadelphia, Pa. / Yawara Force), 0-1