In clinching the gold, Ramirez won all her four matches by sheer superiority, starting with Le Thi Thuong of Vietnamese in the first round, Fiona Toh of Singapore in the quarterfinals and Shamsa Alameri of the United Arab Emirates.
HANGZHOU, China – Jiu-jitsu star Annie Ramirez gave Team Philippines its third gold medal with another masterful win over a familiar foe on Friday, Oct. 7, in the 19th Asian Games at the Xiaoshan Linpu Gymnasium here.Working on her strategy to near perfection, the 33-year-old Ramirez beat Kazakhstan’s Galina Duvanova, 2-0, in the final of the women’s 57-kilogram, a victory she considered as one of her finest in her sporting career.
Though she was pinned to the ground most of the time, Ramirez said it was part of her game plan before making a daring move at the last minute. Ramirez’s victory came a day after Margarita “Meggie” Ochoa reigned supreme in the women’s -48-kilogram final. That made the jiu-jitsu association the most successful team so far with two gold and one bronze medals, underscoring its new-found fame.
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