Cuban judo

Cold, fear, and a decision with no turning back: Melissa Hurtado recalls her escape from the Cuban judo team in France

Mijaín López will represent a Japanese professional mixed martial arts agency in Cuba

From dominance to decline: 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 standings of Santo Domingo 2026

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

Cuba asserts its strength in Guatemala with five gold medals at the regional judo qualifiers

Cuba reigned at the Central American Judo Cup Panama 2026

Two Cuban champions reunite in Miami

Judo athlete 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 arrests Cuban judoka who escaped from an official delegation: His family fears he will be deported

Cuba is still without medals at the Judo World Championship in Budapest: Maylín del Toro falls in her debut

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

Two Cuban judokas abandon the delegation and seek asylum in Chile

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

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

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 they were following me."

Nationalized Spanish 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 bronze medal match at the Olympics in Paris

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

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

Cuban judoka Iván Silva falls after a tough match with 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

16-year-old Cuban athlete who died from 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 in 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 help to send the body of judoka Maricet Espinosa to Cuba: "There is a shattered mother"

Cuban judoka Maricet Espinosa passes away at the age of 34

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 Cuban table tennis players in mixed doubles

Cuba's harvest of golds 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 medals propel Cuba forward in the Pan American medal standings

Idalys Ortiz and Julio César La Cruz will be 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 cannot have in Cuba."

Cuban judokas win team event in Russia

Cuban judo wins another crown at a university festival in Russia

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

Cuban young judokas head to the mats of Russia

Cuban judo sinks in the World Masters tournament in Hungary

Mass exodus: Five Cuban judokas leave tour in France

Cuba finishes without medals at the Judo World Championship in Doha

Two more Cubans finish without a podium at the Judo World Championships in Doha

Cuban Silva clinches bronze again at the Judo World Championships

Cuban judoka Maylín del Toro also does not advance past the first round of 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 Pan American Junior Cup