Cuban judo

From dominance to regression: Cuba finishes third in Santo Domingo 2026 and disappoints in its flagship sports

Hernández Luján: "Cuban sports decline every four years."

Cuba remains in third place in the medal table at Santo Domingo 2026

Iván Silva enhances his legacy with another gold medal; Andy Granda completes a golden double for Cuba

Cuba demonstrates its strength in Guatemala with five gold medals at the regional judo qualifying tournament

Cuba reigned in the Central American Judo Cup Panama 2026

Two Cuban champions reunite in Miami

Judo competitor Dayanara Curbelo wins Cuba's first gold medal at the Junior Pan American Games

The decline of Cuban judo continues: zero medals in Budapest 2025

ICE detains Cuban judoka who escaped from an official delegation: His family fears he will be deported

Cuba remains without medals at the Judo World Championship in Budapest: Maylín del Toro loses in her debut

Cuba will compete with nine judokas in the World Championship in Budapest

Two Cuban judokas abandon the delegation and request asylum in Chile

Andy Granda leads Cuba with gold at the 2025 Pan American Judo Championships

Cuban Iván Felipe Silva shines on the tatami: Gold at the Grand Prix in Austria

Cuban judokas win bronze at the Tashkent Grand Slam

Cuban judoka Dayle Ojeda recounts how she defected at the Paris Olympics: "I kept looking back to see if anyone was following me."

Nationalized in Spain, judoka Ayumi Leiva: "I was humiliated in Cuba."

Cuban judoka Sheyla Hernández wins silver at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Cuban judoka Andy Granda loses match for the Olympic bronze in Paris

Cubans under other flags in Paris 2024: the fighter Yasmani Acosta, with Chile in his heart

Cuban judo legend Idalys Ortiz eliminated in the round of 16 and leaves Paris without a medal

Cuban judoka Iván Silva falls after a tough match against Erlan Cherov in Paris

Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro eliminated in her debut at Paris 2024

Cuban judoka leaves the team in Paris before the start of the Olympic Games

Cubans under other flags in Paris 2024: María Celia Laborde, the gift of perseverance

A 16-year-old Cuban athlete who died of a heart attack had won a gold medal at the National School Games

16-year-old Cuban athlete dies of a heart attack days after competing in the National School Games

Cuban judoka María Celia Laborde pursues her Olympic dream for the United States

Cuban judoka will represent the United States at Paris 2024

Interview with Oscar Brayson: "I am in Honduras raising the level of judo in this Central American country."

Judo athlete Magdiel Estrada leaves the Cuban delegation in Brazil

Cuban judoka Ónix Cortés: "I always remember Veitía because he taught us to be strong."

Family seeks assistance to send the body of judoka Maricet Espinosa to Cuba: "There is a devastated mother."

Cuban judoka Maricet Espinosa passes away at 34 years old

Shooting and judo bring gold to the Cuban delegation at the Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games

Cuban judo wins gold in mixed teams at the Pan American Games

Pan American gold for the Cuban table tennis players in mixed doubles

Cuba's gold medal harvest grows thanks to the Pan American judo

Cuban table tennis will have representatives in Paris 2024

Cuba is in sixth place at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games

Golden judo trophies advance Cuba in the Pan American medal standings

Idalys Ortiz and Julio César La Cruz will be the flag bearers for Cuba at the Pan American Games in Santiago

Andy Granda is crowned in the Pan American and Oceania judo tournament in Calgary

World champion Manolo Poulot: "With my effort and my work, I can carve out a life for myself that I can't have in Cuba."

Cuban judokas win team event in Russia

Cuban judo claims another crown at university festival in Russia

Cuba wins gold, silver, and bronze at Russian university festival

Young Cuban judokas head to the mats in Russia

Cuban judo sinks at the World Masters tournament in Hungary

Massive escape: Five Cuban judokas leave tour in France

Cuba finishes without medals at the Judo World Championship in Doha

Two other Cubans miss the podium at the Judo World Championship in Doha

Cuban Silva once again snatches bronze at the Judo World Championship

Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro also does not advance past the first match in the world championship

Bitter debut for Cuban judokas at the World Championship in Doha

Eight Cuban judokas will compete in the upcoming World Championship in Doha

Cuban judokas assert their authority at the Junior Pan American Cup

Matanceros Silva and Granda win bronze medals at the Judo Grand Slam in Georgia

Cuban judoka Magdiel Estrada misses the podium at the Grand Slam in Georgia