Ocho judokasdivided equally between women and men They will represent Cuba in the upcoming World Championship, which will be held from May 7 to 14 in Doha, the capital of Qatar.
The insular troop leads itAndy Granda (+100 kg), universal monarch in Tashkent 2022, who will have the multi-laureate as lieutenantsIdalys Ortiz (+78 kg) and the runner-up of the orb in Baku 2018Ivan Silva (90 kg).
Next to them will betwo other experienced athletes such as Magdiel Estrada (73 kg) and Maylín del Toro (63 kg), in addition to the less seasoned Arnaes Odelín (57 kg), Idelannis Gómez (70 kg) and Liester Cardona (100 kg).
A look at theofficial event site allows us to verify that the first Cubans to go out on the tatami will be Odelín and Estrada, on the 9th.
It is worth noting that the veteran from Villa ClaraAsley Gonzalez, Olympic silver in 2012 and world gold in 2013, will be present for her adopted homeland, Romania, in the 100 kilo division.
660 judokas from 99 countries will compete in the event, who will fight for the 14 medal games with the favorite Japan in the lead.
Last year, Granda from Matanzas placed Cuba on the eighth place in the country classification, easily led by the Japanese (5-4-3).
Then, the second and third places corresponded to Brazil (2-1-1) and Uzbekistan (2-0-0).
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