Iván Silva finishes fifth in the Judo World Cup

The Cuban judoka Iván Silva finished this Thursday in fifth place in the 90-kilogram division of the World Championship held in Doha, Qatar, by losing to the Japanese Sanshiro Murao in the discussion for the bronze medal.

In his fight with the Japanese, the Creole consumed the regulation time with a warning against him, both received in the extension, but finally the Asian achieved the projection that certified his victory by ipponaccording to a report of the Cuban News Agency (ACN).

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To sign what up to now is the best performance by a Cuban in the contest, Silva traveled a tiring route, and four of the five lawsuits carried out were decided in the Golden Rule.

According to the outlet, he began his performance with victories for ippon against Frenchman Maxime-Gael Ngayad and Azerbaijani Muarad Fatiyev, but then fell in the quarterfinals, and by the same route, to Italian Christiano Parlati.

In this phase, the outstanding judoka, world runner-up in Baku 2022 and bronze in the Grand Slams in Paris and Tbilisi this year, also surpassed by ippon the Dutchman Noel Ven Tend, from the Netherlands, a relevant victory for dealing with a rival who was world champion four years ago.

That outcome placed him in the duel for bronze against Murao, second in the ranking in the world and multiple medalist in top-level competitions, who finally reached the awards podium.

In the day, the Cuban Idelannis Gómez (70 kg) also had action, who lost by ippon against the Slovakian Anka Pogacnik, third in the ranking of the orb.

So far, none of the Cuban representatives had overcome their first combats. They failed in the attempt Arnaes Odelín (57 kg), Magdiel Estrada (73 kg) and Maylín del Toro (63 kg), all three in their first presentations.

Cuba starts the Judo World Cup on the wrong foot

Silva’s fifth place placed Cuba in 22nd place in the standings, tied with the squads of the United Kingdom, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Turkey and Venezuela.

Japan, with a harvest of four titles, two silver medals and another four bronze, remains at the top of the medal table, followed by Georgia (2-1-1), France (1-1-2), Canada (1- 0-1), Spain (1-0-0) and Switzerland (1-0-0), the six nations that own the 10 crowns distributed so far.

This Friday the Cuban Liester Cardona (100 kg) will go up on the tatami, who will have the British Harry Lovell-Kewitt as his initial rival.

This universal appointment distributes points for the rankings world and Olympic, facing the summer event in Paris 2024. Their activities will close on Sunday with the team fight (mixed).