The delegation that will represent Cuba in the Tokyo Olympic Games added 6 judokas that officially achieved their qualifying place when the International Judo Federation updated the ranking in each of its divisions after the World Championship held in Budapest, Hungary.
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Magdiel Estrada (73 kg), Iván Silva (90 kg) and Andy Granda (+100 kg) will be traveling to the Japanese capital in the men’s sector; meanwhile, Maylin del Toro (63 kg), Kaliema Antomarchi (78 kg) and Idalys Ortiz (+78 kg) got the quota for women.
In the group of Cuban judokas, Ortiz (with 7,488 points) and Silva (5,185) were the ones with the highest number of points accumulated in their respective divisions, reported Cuban newspaper.
Cuba with judocas in Tokyo
Del Toro in 63 kilograms entered as 10th in her category with 4,388 points and only surpassed on the continent by the Canadian Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (Seventh-four thousand 785) and the Brazilian Ketleyn Quadros (eighth-four thousand 642).
In the case of Antomarchi, at 78 kilos, it ranked 11th in the world, but with its 4,562 points, it was first in America.
The accumulated allowed her to be ahead of the Brazilian Mayra Aguiar (4,180), the Ecuadorian Vanessa Chala (3,000) and the Venezuelan Karen León (1,674).
Judo from Cuba
Among the men, Estrada (position 29-2000 649) and Granda (seat 20-3000 136) obtained the passport as third in the area.
With these 6 athletes, the Cuban delegation increased to 66 the number of athletes who are guaranteed their participation in Tokyo.
The Cuban delegation to the 2021 Judo World Championship, based in Budapest, concluded without medals, a phenomenon that had not occurred for 34 years.
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