Havana, May 12 (ACN) Cuba today recorded another failed day in search of a podium, when Liester Cardona lost in his first bout of the 100 kilograms (kg), in the individual tournament of the World Championship in Doha, Qatar, a contest at the that Japan (4-2-2) remains the leader.
The Japanese men’s and women’s teams remain at the top of the medal table, followed by those of Georgia (2-1-1) and France (1-2-2), respectively, while the Cubans appear in twenty-fourth place with fifth place. -discussed bronze- by Iván Silva (90 kg).
According to the International Federation website www.canoeicf.com, from fourth to eight are Canada (1-0-1), Israel (1-0-1), Spain (1-0-0), Switzerland (1- 0-0) and Uzbekistan (1-0-0), in that order, nations that own the 12 crowns distributed so far.
Cardona fell by Ippon against the British Harry Lovell-Hewitt, who closed the score in his favor with Wazari and two warnings -Shidos-.
On previous dates of the World Cup event, Arnaes Odelín (57 kg), Magdiel Estrada (73 kg), Maylín del Toro (63 kg) and Idelannis Gómez (100 kg) were also surpassed in their first presentations.
Tomorrow, the seventh and last day of the individual, the Olympic (1-2-1) and world (2-2-4) multi-medalist Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg) and Andy Granda (+100 kg), world champion, will be in Cuba in Tashkent 2022, in both cases with the possibility of medals.
Granda will face the winner of the fight between the Senegalese Mbagnick Ndiaye and the Romanian Mircea Croitoru, and Idalis will face the Turkish Dilo Kiara.
In the individual tournament, 657 judokas -343 men and 314 women- from 99 participating countries participate in search of points for the world (RM) and Olympic rankings for the Paris 2024 Games.
The championship distributes points for the RM and the Olympic and will close this Sunday with the mixed team with the presence of 211 athletes -110 (m) and 101 (f)- from 18 nations, including the Netherlands, first rival of the Cuban team.
2023-05-12 18:45:31
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