A trip to Morocco has netted some strong results on the mat for a pair of judo athletes from Prince George.
Carla Van Zyl of the Hart Judo Academy won gold at in the female 63-kilogram division beating Ching Ming Mak of Hong Kong at the Casablanca Junior African Cup.
Van Zyl won her initial match in Pool D against Anna Papastergiou of Greece to advance to the final.
In addition, Olivia Wisniowski of the Northern Capital Judo Club claimed a silver medal in the women’s +78-kilogram category losing to Zeineb Troudi of Tunisia.
Wisnowski won her first two round robin matches against a pair of Moroccan competitors to advance to the final.
She is back in action tomorrow in the Cadet +70-kilogram division against Khadija Cherki or Morocco.
Preston Holt of Prince George is also in action on Saturday in the male Cadet 73-kilogram division.
He is in Pool D where he will face off against the winner of the Natas Aleksejunas (Lithuania) and Tariq Elkahlaoui (Morrocco) bout.
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