The Portuguese fighter Matilde Rodrigues qualified this Monday for the -57 kg final of the muaythai competition at the Krakow 2023 European Games, after having already achieved at least silver at the Myslenice Arena.
In the semifinal, against the Finnish Miina Sirkeoja, the 19-year-old Portuguese won 30-27, in three roundsand qualified for the final, after having already won a bronze in the semifinals on Sunday.
In the final, scheduled for Tuesday at 4:25 p.m. local time (3:25 p.m. in Lisbon), she will face the Swedish Patricia Axling for gold.
This qualification for the final came shortly after Gonçalo Noites had achieved the same with -71 kg, also going to the final, with the Ukrainian Oleksandr Yefimenko, scheduled for Tuesday at 4:40 p.m. local time (3:40 p.m.).
Portugal has so far added nine podiums in Krakow 2023, specifically three golds, three silvers and three bronzes, in addition to two other ‘metals’ already secured, in muaythai, by Matilde Rodrigues and Gonçalo Noites.
The third edition of the European Games takes place until Sunday in Krakow and in the Polish region of Malopolska, with 30 sports on the program and 48 participating countries, including Portugal, which has a delegation of more than two hundred athletes.
Source: TSF
