Judoka Maria Escano was the first Guam athlete to participate in the Paris Olympic Games, taking to the mats of the Champ-de-Mars Arena in Paris, France at 10 am Monday.
Escano’s match lasted 1 minute, 58 seconds as she succumbed to a Ippon – Hadaka-jime (strangle from behind) from Mariana Esteves (Guinea, West Africa). Esteves went on to drop her next match by an identical 10-0 score.
UP NEXT
Pro triathlete Manami Iijima-Martin is next up for Guam on Wednesday in the women’s triathlon through the city of Paris starting at 4 pm Guam time.
Then in Friday, Regine Tugade runs the 100m on the track around 6:35 pm Guam time. Joe Green takes to the track on Saturday at 6:30 pm Guam time.
