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Meirelles wins four fights without dropping a round to take gold in Bucharest

Arthur Meirelles won all four fights at the Dracula Open taekwondo event without dropping a round to take gold in the under-87 kg category in Bucharest. In the final he beat Iceland's Gudmundur Sigurjonsson 2-0; his season also includes silver at the Pan-American event and gold in Oceania.

By RedaçãoPublished: 10/25/2026, 17:17

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Arthur Meirelles terminou o Dracula Open de taekwondo com oito rounds vencidos e nenhum perdido. O resultado foi o ouro na categoria até 87 kg, neste domingo (25), em Bucareste, na Romênia.

Cabeça de chave 1, o brasileiro passou por três adversários antes da decisão, sempre por 2 a 0: o esloveno Jaka Babic (oitavas), o bielorrusso Daniil Yurkou (quartas) e o grego Vasileios Tholiotis (semifinal). Contra o islandês Gudmundur Sigurjonsson, na final, o placar se repetiu.

O Brasil teve ainda Larissa Rossi e Victor Augusto Lira na competição, sem pódio.

A temporada do atleta, aliás, vem sendo de pódios: medalha de ouro na President's Cup da Oceania (Austrália), em junho; vice no Australian Open dois dias depois; prata na President's Cup Pan-Americana em agosto.

Entre as mulheres, Larissa passou pela austríaca Nuria Karimi (2 a 0) na estreia e pela dinamarquesa Julie Thusgaard (2 a 1) nas oitavas, mas caiu nas quartas diante da francesa Mah Teninba (0 a 2). Teninba perdeu a semifinal para a britânica Jodie McKew e ficou com o bronze; o título foi da turca Sila Irmak Uzuncavdar.

Entre os 63 kg, Victor Nascimento perdeu a estreia para o luxemburguês Abbas Jadouezadeh por 2 rounds a 1; o algoz caiu nas oitavas para o bielorrusso Uladzimir Shramuk. Campeão da categoria: o italiano Teodoro Del.

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