The Dominican Republic will be host to the XXIIth Panamerican Judo Championships 27-29 November. Santo Domingo will welcome the best judo athletes from Puerto Rico, Canada, the US, Mexico, Haiti, Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Barbados, Curacao, Aruba and Paraguay. The DR is top ranked in the region in the sport. In this year’s Central American and Caribbean Sports Games held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, the Dominican judo team won 12 medals. The event will take place at the judo facility at the Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte.
