judo.webp" style="width: 100%;" type="image"/>Havana, Apr 18.- Cuba finished this Sunday with the silver medal in the mixed team tournament of the I Pan American and Oceania Judo Championships, losing in the final against the favorite Brazil, based in Lima, Peru.
After also finishing second in the individual, with two gold medals, two silver and two bronze, also surpassed by the South American Giant (7-5-3), the disciples of Julio Alderete (m) and Yordanis Arencibia (f ) lost 0-4 to the Brazilians, according to the International Federation website www.ijf.org.
The Cubans opened with victory in pool C against Colombia, and in the second they surpassed the Peruvians, with actions in the divisions of 57, 70, +70 (f), 73, 90 and +90 kg (m).
In the individual, the Cuban champions were Iván Silva, in the 90 kilograms (kg), and Andy Granda (+100 kg), the runners-up, Danny Porte (60 kg) and Arnaes Odelín (57 kg), and the bronze owners, Magdiel Estrada (73 kg) and Yusmari Reyes (63 kg).
Close to the podium, Marlenis Gorguet (78 kg), Thalia Narino (+78) and Liester Cardona (100 kg) finished for Cuba, with fifth places -they disputed the bronze-, and Naomis Elizarde (+78 kg), and Melissa Hurtado ( 52 kg), with seventh steps.
Following Brazil (7-5-3) and Cuba (2-2-2) were the United States (1-1-6), Canada (1-1-4), Venezuela (1-1-0), Australia (1-0-4) and Costa Rica (1-0-0), the seven nations that won at least one of the 14 titles in dispute in the singles. (Text and photo: ACN)
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