(November 20, 2016) -- Team USA's Ceana Rodriguez made a serious run at giving the U.S. its second medal in as many days on Saturday at the 11th WTF World Taekwondo Junior Championships in Burnaby, Canada. In the end, however, her run came to an end in the quarterfinals of the women's -63kg division.
Rodriguez reeled off two straight victories to reach the quarterfinals. She defeated Colombia's Luz Tatiana Rojas Otalora, 20-9, in the round of 32 and Mexico's Sonia Aguirre, 7-0, in the round of 16. Facing Margarita Blizniakova of Russia in the quarterfinals, Rodriguez suffered a tough overtime loss by superiority to knock her from the competition.
Also losing a heart breaker in overtime was Joshua Wilson in the men's -73kg class. Wilson fell to Spain's Adrian Pombo Romero in the extra period in the round of 32.
Other Americans in action on Saturday were Trinity Sullivan in the women's -59kg division and Connor Giddens in the men's -68kg class. Sullivan lost 4-1 in the opening round to Croatia's Ana Taslak, while Giddens dropped a 15-4 decision to Russia's Sarmat Tcakoev.
Competition concludes on Sunday for Team USA. In action will be female light heavyweight (-68kg) Camryn Henry, female heavyweight (+68kg) Madelynn Gorman-Shore, male light heavyweight (-78kg) Alasan Ann and male heavyweight (+78kg) Luis Espinosa.
Live-streaming for Day 1 ~ Day 5 [Semi-finals and Finals]
Watch on WTF website and WTF YouTube Channel.
Day 1 (Nov 16): Opening Ceremony: 17:00 ~ 19:00 (Vancouver Time)
Semi-finals & Final: 19:00 ~ 21:00
Awarding Ceremony: 21:00 ~ 22:00
Day 2 (Nov 17): Semi-finals & Final: 17:00 ~ 20:00
Awarding Ceremony: 19:00 ~ 20:00
Day 3 (Nov 18): Semi-finals & Final: 17:00 ~ 20:00
Awarding Ceremony: 19:00 ~ 20:00
Day 4 (Nov 19): Semi-finals & Final: 17:00 ~ 20:00
Awarding Ceremony: 19:00 ~ 20:00
Day 5 (Nov 20): Semi-finals & Final: 17:00 ~ 19:00
Awarding Ceremony: 19:00 ~ 20:00
World Junior Taekwondo Championships Schedule
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DATE |
TIME |
BILL COPELAND SPORTS CENTRE |
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Nov 16 |
9AM-12PM |
Competitions (W-42kg, W-44kg, M-45kg & M-48kg) |
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12PM-1PM |
Lunch Break |
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1PM-5PM |
Competitions (W-42kg, W-44kg, M-45kg & M-48kg) |
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5PM-7PM |
Opening Ceremony |
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|
7PM-10PM |
Semi-finals and finals (W-42kg, W-44kg, M-45kg & M-48kg) |
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|
10PM-11PM |
Awarding Ceremony (W-42kg, W-44kg, M-45kg & M-48kg) |
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Nov 17 |
9AM-12PM |
Competitions (W-46kg, W-49kg, M-51kg & M-55kg) |
|
12PM-1PM |
Lunch Break |
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|
1PM-5PM |
Competitions (W-46kg, W-49kg, M-51kg & M-55kg) |
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|
5PM-8PM |
Semi-finals and finals (W-46kg, W-49kg, M-51kg & M-55kg) |
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|
8PM-9PM |
Awarding Ceremony (W-46kg, W-49kg, M-51kg & M-55kg) |
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Nov 18 |
9AM-12PM |
Competitions (W-52kg, W-55kg, M-59kg & M-63kg) (Logan Weber, Starla Santana, Derrick Kwak, Jr. & Joshua Liu) |
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12PM-1PM |
Lunch Break |
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|
1PM-5PM |
Competitions (W-52kg, W-55kg, M-59kg & M-63kg) |
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5PM-8PM |
Semi-finals and finals (W-52kg, W-55kg, M-59kg & M-63kg) |
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8PM-9PM |
Awarding Ceremony (W-52kg, W-55kg, M-59kg & M-63kg) |
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Nov 19 |
9AM-12PM |
Competitions (W-59kg, W-63kg, M-68kg & M-73kg) |
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12PM-1PM |
Lunch Break |
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|
1PM-5PM |
Competitions (W-59kg, W-63kg, M-68kg & M-73kg) |
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|
5PM-8PM |
Semi-finals and finals (W-59kg, W-63kg, M-68kg & M-73kg) |
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8PM-9PM |
Awarding Ceremony (W-59kg, W-63kg, M-68kg & M-73kg) |
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Nov 20 |
9AM-12PM |
Competitions (W-68kg, W+68kg, M-78kg & M+78kg) (Camryn Henry, Madelynn Gorman-Shore, Alasan Ann & Luis Espinosa) |
|
12PM-1PM |
Lunch Break |
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|
1PM-5PM |
Competitions (W-68kg, W+68kg, M-78kg & M+78kg) |
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|
5PM-8PM |
Semi-finals and finals (W-68kg, W+68kg, M-78kg & M+78kg) |
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8PM-9PM |
Awarding Ceremony (W-68kg, W+68kg, M-78kg & M+78kg) |
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9pm |
Closing Ceremony |
