With notable performances this weekend at the Pan American Open in the Dominican Republic and the V ALBA Games, Cuban judo showed that it has the talent to ensure its present and future, at least on the continent.
The Cuban hegemony was revealed in the Dominican contest from the first day, with the presence of the main figures of the team, who are training there to go out and look for the remaining qualifications for the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile.
In particular, the golds of Orlando Polanco in the 66 kilograms and Maylín del Toro in the 63 deserve to be highlighted, since their rivals were considerable. In the case of Polanco, he defeated Canadian Julien Frascadore, who won gold in this event in 2019, in the final, and Maylin defeated Venezuelan Anriquelis Barrios, owner of several medals in Grand Slam category tournaments.
The fair brings together a total of 204 competitors from 22 countries, mainly from the Pan-American area, but also some Europeans.
Meanwhile, on the tatami of the Judo Palace of the United Nations Park complex in Caracas, the Greater Antilles closed with metals in all divisions, with a young delegation.
From the headquarters, coach Boannys Chang praised the performance of his pupils from the youth national team, for whom this is their first international experience.
Only the team fight remains for both sexes, but in any case the Cubans will finish on the awards podium.
Both performances speak clearly of the potential of our judokas in both sexes, in a year in which there will be two other very important commitments such as the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador, and the Pan American Games in Chile.
This without forgetting the World Championship, which will take place in Doha in May, just a month before the Central Caribbean event.
Probably some youth can make the grade to the Salvadoran fight, and seen what has been seen, surely his performance will not leave anything to be desired.
2023-04-26 00:16:21
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