Iván Silva continues to show consistency at 90 kg. Photo: IJF.
Iván Felipe Silva (90 kg) today won seventh place in the World Judo Championshipsbased in Abu Dhabi, and signed the best performance so far for Cuba in the universal competition.
The Creole, eighth in the global ranking, He lost in the repechage match against the Italian Christian Parlati, ultimately fifth place in the event. In that duel the European took the success ippona result that ultimately left Silva among the top eight in his division for the third consecutive world championship.
In its endorsement, ours now has in universal appointments the subtitle of 2018, the fifth places of 2022 and 2023 and the seventh places of 2019 and 2024. This performance confirms it as one of the most stable of the Antillean team in the last decade.
Iván reached the playoffs after falling for a couple of Ministers in the quarterfinals against Serbian Nemanja Majdovultimately runner-up in the competition, only behind the Japanese Goki Tajima.
Prior to those defeats, The Cuban had a path marked by successes over the Argentine Mariano Coto —in just 27 seconds of combat—, and against the Frenchman Alexis Mathieu, on this occasion for minister.
In addition to the gold and silver medalists, the bronzes in the 90 kg were taken by the Spanish Tristani Mosakhlishvili and the representative of Kyrgyzstan, Erlan Sherov. Among the ladies, The 70 kg saw the Frenchwoman Argaux Pinot be crowned, best in the final over her teammate Marie Eve Gahie. Finally, In the 78 kg, the German Anna-Maria Wagner triumphed.
This Thursday, Cuba has the presence of Andy Granda (+100 kg) e Idalys Ortiz (+78 kg), two great hopes of also advancing to the main draw of the tournament.
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