Cuba will debut this Friday with 10 judokas in the senior individual tournament of the Pan American Championship of America and Oceania, based in Lima, Peru, where today the technical council and draw of the 14 summoned divisions will take place.
Waiting for their first rivals and with whom they will continue if they win, the first Cubans to climb the tatamis will be Venesa Godínez, in the 48 kilograms (kg), Melissa Vargas (52 kg), Arnaes Odelín (57 kg) and Yusmari Reyes. and Thailen Castillo (63 kg).
For the men, Danny Porte and Julio Delgado (60 kg), Orlando Polanco (66 kg) and Magdiel Estrada and Héctor San Román (73 kg) will be in action.
According to the International Federation website www.ijf.org, at the closing of the individual event, Idelannis Gómez (70 kg), Madelines Gorguet (78 kg) and Thalia Nariño and Naomis Elizardo (+78 kg) will do so for Cuba.
They complete the list, Yasel Baeza (81 kg), Iván Silva (90 kg), Liester Cardona (100 kg) and Andy Granda (+100 kg), in a day that must be the one with the best podium possibilities for the largest of the Antilles in Lima, where Brazil appears as the favorite to win the highest number of medals.
In the midst of strict compliance with the sanitary measures by COVID-19 since the arrival of the delegations, the competitive activities will continue on Sunday, but in the mixed team, in the 57, 70 and more than 70 (f), and the of 73, 90 and more than 70 (m).
The Lima contest is the first of four that distribute points for qualification for the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile 2023, and the organizers announced the participation of 231 judokas (myf) from 25 countries, figures that must be confirmed today.
