 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Nyika yake yeBrazil payakaita Mitambo yePan American Games ya2007 muRio de Janeiro, Zangrando akakunda mutambi weJudo wekuAmerica Valerie Gotay kuti awane goridhe rake rekutanga uye roga mubasa rake muchikamu chemakirogiramu 57 nekushamiswa kwevateereri vake vekumba. Kunyange zvazvo akasarudza kusatevera bhidha yake yechitatu yeOlympic, Zangrando akawedzera sirivha kumhizha yake yebasa muboka rimwechete pa2009 Pan American Judo ChampionshipsmuBuenos Aires, Argentina, vachirasikirwa mumutambo wokupedzisira naYurisleydis Lupetey wokuCuba. Gore rakatevera racho, Zangrando akazivisa zviri pamutemo nezvokurega kwake mutambo wacho. 