Cuba, with ten titles, seven second places and 15 third places, won the Pan-American Open Judo Tournament in Varadero, in which 152 competitors from 16 countries participated.
They escorted the Greater Antilles Colombia (1-4-5) and Brazil (1-1-1).
Among the men were champions David Terao (60 KG-USA), Orlando Polanco (66 KG-CUB), Héctor San Román (73 KG-CUB), Naysdel Cardoso (81 KG-CUB), Iván Silva (90 KG-CUB) , Yoandy Travieso (100 KG-CUB) and Andy Granda (+100 KG-CUB).
For the girls, Alexia Nascimento (48 KG-BRA), Lilian Cordones (52 KG-PAN), Arnaes Odelín (57 KG-CUB), Maylín del Toro (63 KG-CUB), Idelannis Gómez (70 KG-CUB) prevailed. , Brenda Olaya (78 KG-col) and Nahomis Elizarde (+78 KG-CUB).
Powers from the area such as Brazil, the United States, Canada and Argentina did not attend this tournament with their best figures and this gave the Greater Antilles the opportunity to present a large team, made up of 89 athletes, many of them eager young figures of triumph.
