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  • Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
  • 04 / 05 / 2012


 

On Tuesday, the Cuban Oreidis Despaigne won the gold medal in the first round of international tournaments Judoguis Gold (women) and Jose Ramon Rodriguez in memoriam, which ends on Thursday at the Kid Chocolate.

The Cienfuegos took revenge in the 100 kg by Yuko front of his coprovinciano Joseph Alexis Armenteros, who had smiled at each other in the national championship final Holguin just nine days.

"Just now I went out to impose my rhythm of combat, always attacking, causing two penalties he did it. Back in Havana I lost because I could not keep that strategy and then the two warnings I made them for me, "he told reporters after finishing second the fight that ended the actions of the start date.

Armenteros, only 19 years young world junior champion Cabo'11 Town, and the European tour this year won more times than the global tanning and Japón'10 Janeiro'07 River, currently at number 15 ranking qualifier for the Olympic Games Londres'12.

In this weight for the bronzes were also Cuban Alex Garcia and Alejandro Socarras.

In the remaining categories were imposed favorites, as in the 90 kg which was crowned by the Villa Clara Hantei Asley Gonzalez (disqualification) Andy Granda. The winner is fourth on the list of the world for the 22 seats direct to London.

The third place was awarded the Robert Beltran and Yerlandis Echemendía, both from home.

To close with the men's event, the Oscar Brayson Camagüey reappeared victorious in more than 100 kg for ippon after breaking his first three opponents and in the final Yuko Arlendis Morales. The brass neck of the hosts Yoandri Yordanis Hernandez and Fernandez.

Brayson, eighth of its kind in the face of appointment under the five rings, with the other winners will be referred to the Pan American Championships in Montreal, Toronto, from 24 to 26 come to reaffirm their locations and enter the classification at close to 30 this month.

Of the women in the Golden Judoguis Tuesday, the Artemisa Idalis Ortiz returned to Heidi Abreu defeat, this time by Yuko, to win the gold in more than 78 kg, which finished third Gusmary Dayana Garcia and Gonzalez, and so surround the medals for Cuba.

Ortiz is one of the hopes of the island in the city of Big Ben, for fourth place among the 14 that will access by that method.

In 78 kg was imposed by Ippon Antomarchi Kaliema Santiago Susana Cabezas, a division that did not show the Holguin Yalennis Castillo, the main figure who struggles to be included in London and now was preserved for the continental tournament in trouble knee.

On Wednesday continued competence in the presence of 77 athletes in the country along with 14 United States, seven from Venezuela, two of Costa Rica, two in Italy and one in Brazil.

 


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