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Pan-Am Previews: Women

By Oon Yeoh

Pan-Am Previews: Women

Here are USA's female players and their top challengers:

-48kg:  USA will be represented by Maria Celia Laborde. Her main challenger is Mary Dee Vargas Ley (CHI).

-52kg: USA will be represented by Malia Soberano. The top players in this category are Larrisa Pimenta (BRA) and Evelyn Beaton (CAN)

-57kg: USA will be represented by Mariah Holguin. The top prospect here is Shirlen Nascimento (BRA)

-63kg: USA will be represented by Karlee Carrouth and Emily Daniela Jaspe. There are many top contenders here, including Rafaela Silva (BRA), Catherine Beuchemin-Pinard (CAN), Jessica Klimkait (CAN), Prisca Awiti Alcaraz (MEX) and Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (CUB).

-70kg: USA will be represented by Melissa Myers. The top prospect here is Luana Carvalho (BRA).

-78kg: The USA has no one competing in this category.

+78kg: USA will be represented by Gusmary Garcia Savigne. The top player here is Beatriz Souza (BRA).

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