New York Open to Be Webcast Live for FREE on March 9
 

Judo fans around the world will have the opportunity to watch the New York Open, a B-Level tournament for international players, live from the New York Athletic Club on March 9.

This year’s competition will include nearly all of the top men in the U.S. as well as teams from Brazil, Canada and nearly 20 other nations which are scheduled to participate.

Among the seven-person Brazilian team are reigning World Champion Luciano Correa (100kg), 2007 World bronze medalist Joao Schlittler (+100kg) and 2004 Olympic medalist Leandro Guilheiro (73kg).

The Webcast is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. EST.  Log on to www.usjudo.org to watch bronze and gold medal finals! http://nifty-tv.com/landing/USAJudo/

“During the past two years, we’ve had a lot of positive feedback from our Webcasts of the New York Open and are very excited to present this fabulous tournament live for the first time ever,” said USA Judo CEO Jose H. Rodriguez.  “As our athletes are preparing for Beijing, we expect to see many great matches between U.S. players and other great countries, including World medalists from Beijing.”

Athletes scheduled to compete in this weekend’s tournament include:

60kg

• Sergio Pessoa Jr. (CAN), 2007 Belgium Open Champion
• Taraje Williams-Murray (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE), 2007 Tre-Torri International Champion
• Nick Kossor (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), 2007 Finnish Open silver medalist  

66kg

• Leandro Cunha (BRA), 2007 Paris Super World Cup silver medalist
• Gregory Grangier (FRA),  2007 Belgium Open silver medalist
• Dominik Liebl (GER), Three-time German National Champion
• Justin Flores (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), 2007 Warsaw World Cup fifth-place finisher

73kg

• Leandro Guilheiro (BRA), 2004 Olympic bronze medalist
• Victor Penalber (BRA), 2007 Brazil World Cup bronze medalist
• Gennadiy Bilodid (UKR), 2005 World Championships bronze medalist
• Nick Tritton (CAN), three-time World Cup medalist
• Chuck Jefferson (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University), two-time Pan American Champion
• Tomasz Krecielewski (POL), 2007 German Open bronze medalist
• Toni Lettner (GER), 2007 New York Open Champion

81kg

• Jonathan Schneider (FRA), 2008 Belgium Open silver medalist
• Travis Stevens (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), 2007 Pan American Games Champion
• Aaron Cohen (Buffalo Grove, N.Y. / NYAC / Cohen’s Judo), five-time Pan American medalist
• Tyler Boras (CAN), 2006 Pan American Championships silver medalist
• Tom Reed (GBR), 2007 European U-23 Championships silver medalist  

90kg

• Hugo Pessanha (BRA), 2006 Pan American Champion
• Kacper Larem (POL), 2005 European U20 Championships bronze medalist
• Rick Hawn (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE), 2007 Pan American Games bronze medalist
• Garry St. Leger (Brooklyn, N.Y. / NYAC / Starrett Judo), 2007 Pan American Championships bronze medalist  

100kg

• Luciano Correa (BRA), 2007 World Champion
• Leandro Leite (BRA), 2007 Pan American Championships silver medalist
• Keith Morgan (CAN), 2003 World Championships fifth-place finisher
• Eduardo Costa (ARG), 2004 Olympic Games seventh-place finisher
• Scott Edward (CAN), two-time New York Open Champion  

+100kg

• Joao Schlittler (BRA), 2007 World medalist
• Joel Brutus (HAI), seven-time Pan American Championships medalist
• Yasutaka Ohkawa (JPN), two-time U.S. Open Champion
• Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE), four-time U.S. Open medalist

COMISIÓN DE MEDIOS