Today, judoka Andy Granda placed Cuba in fifth place in the Pan American and Oceania Championships in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, by winning the title, a golden metal to which his teammates added a total of six bronze medals and three fifth places. .
According to the International Federation site www.ijf.org and the Information Panel of the Pan American Judo Confederation, Granda won the gold medal for over 100 kilograms (kg), by defeating fellow Brazilian star Rafael Silva, after get two more wins.
His previous victims were the Mexican Sergio del Solsergio and the Canadian Marc Deschenes, respectively.
This Saturday’s bronze medals were won by Iván Silva (90 kg), Lianet Cardona (78 kg) and Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg), who surpassed the Peruvian Yuta Galarreta, the also Peruvian Camila Figueroa and the Venezuelan Amaranta Urdaneta, in that order.
On this closing day, Cubans Liester Cardona (100 kg) and Jonathan Loynaz (100 kg) also took to the tatami, but lost in the bronze medal discussion in their divisions against Brazilian Leonardo Goncalves and Canadian Belssong Messe, respectively.
The Caribbean team Naydel Cardoso (60 kg) also finished without a podium, who fell in his second fight in the preliminary stage this Saturday, while on Friday he was imitated, but a day earlier, by Milko Obregón (60 kg).
This Friday, Jonathan Charón (60 kg), Aleannis Carbonell (52 kg) and Maylín del Toro (63 kg) achieved the bronze medals, while Orlando Polanco (66 kg) finished in fifth place – he disputed bronze.
The divisional champions of the men’s tournament were Michel Augusto (60 kg/Brazil), Lima William (66 kg/Brazil), Arturo Margelidon (73 kg/Canada), Goilherme Schimidt (81 kg/Brazil), Florentino Roberto (90 kg/ Dominican), Sombrío Elnahas (100 kg/Canada) and Granda (+100 kg/Cuba).
Among the women, the gold medals were in the hands of Marydee Vargas (48 kg/Chile), Larisa Pimienta (52 kg/Brazil), Rafaela Silva (57 kg/Brazil), Katharina Haecker (63 kg/Austalia), María Pérez (70 kg/Puerto Rico), Eiraima Silvestre (78 kg/Dominican) and Beatriz Souza (+78 kg/Brazil).
Brazil led the medal table with six gold, three silver and six bronze, followed by Canada (2-4-2), Dominican Republic (2-0-3), Australia (1-1-0), Cuba (1 -0-6), Puerto Rixo (1-0-1) and Chile (1-0-0), the seven countries that won at least one of the 14 gold medals up for grabs.
In the individual competition in Rio de Janeiro, 198 judokas competed – 109 men and 89 women – from 28 countries, 13 of whom held medals of one of the three colors.
