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Dragons find top form in Canada

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  Kin Ryu Judo Club are celebrating after incredible results at the Pan American Cadet and Junior Cups in Montreal, Canada.  On Thursday athletes Samuel Tang, Olivia Barfoot-Saunt and Lucy Robinson stepped up an age group into u21's and showed they can compete with the best on the World stage. It was a tough day for Lucy as she was unable to progress to the medal rounds in the u52kg category.  Sam started strongly narrowly losing out on a medal as he took 5th place in a strong u60kg category. Liv was on fire as she competed for the 1st time at her new u48kg weight. She won the 1st 3 fights conclusively to gain a place in the final. An injury saw her lose this contest but she is incredibly proud to win a superb silver medal, her 1st International Medal (pictured above). The following day it was the Cadet Championships. Sam and Lucy competed again and were joined this time by Peter Crawford at u90kg. Liv was unable to fight following her injury the day before. The team were...