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Miryam Roper wants to write history for Panama
17 Aug 2017 09:55
by Mark Pickering - IJF
Gabi Juan / Hajime Judo
Panama’s history maker Miryam Roper will be their first seeded athlete at a World Championships. Ekaterinburg Grand Slam winner Roper made history in May when she won Panama’s first ever IJF World Judo Tour medal.
The long-time German international took silver at the Cancun Grand Prix after she could not contest the final against long-time rival Marti Malloy of USA due to a knee injury sustained during her warm-up.
Roper, 35, elected to represent her father’s country in the aftermath of Rio 2016 as Germany were looking to bring through a new batch of young talent under a new regime towards Tokyo 2020.
The former world bronze medallist officially started over in April with zero world ranking points when she wore a Panama judogi for the first time and finished fifth at the Pan American Championships.
Now fifth in the world, Roper will be seeded for the World Championships, which itself is an incredible achievement given the short timeframe of her switch. Roper won a World bronze medal a year after an Olympics before, in 2013, and will hope that and the smoothness of her transition will give her the drive to produce something special for Panama at the IJF World Judo Tour’s flagship event.
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