Seventeen-year-old judo competitor Wilson Elliott said two losses at last weekend's national tournament will not deter him from keeping a positive mindset when he travels to Argentina for the Junior Pan-American Games next week.

Elliott competed in the 2018 Canada Cup over the weekend in Montreal, losing two matches SA国际影视传媒� one via disqualification. However, with the biggest tournament of his young career in his sights, he will not let one tournament keep his spirits down, he said.

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Elliott went 0-3 during the competition in Montreal. One of his defeats was via disqualification after he disobeyed a referee's commands and kept a SA国际影视传媒減ower-gripSA国际影视传媒� on his opponent for too long.

He said the four penalties he received during the competition were justified.

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Despite the winless performance, Elliott will be travelling to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the 2018 Junior Pan-Am Championships next week. He'll be the first-ever competitor from Yellowknife to represent Canada in judo at the event.

Elliott's coach Mario Deforges said the country's number-one ranked junior judo fighter will need to be ready for increasingly tough competition.

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Elliott won the Canadian Open Junior Judo Championship in Calgary, in May. The win allowed him to clinch a birth in the Pan American Games.

Since winning a gold medal in the tournament Elliott said he has been training hard every Saturday, building his endurance with running exercises and maintaining his strength with bench-presses. However, keeping his technique sharp has been a priority, added Elliott.

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Elliott set out for Argentina yesterday and will begin competing on Saturday.