The Cuban men' s and women´ s teams will leave for China on Sunday to compete in the Grand Prix from November 20-22, the first stopover of an Asian tour. Among the ten athletes are Olympic and World medalists Idalis Ortiz (+78 kilograms) and Asley González (90 kg).
The Cuban men' s and women´ s teams will leave for China on Sunday to compete in the Grand Prix from November 20-22, the first stopover of an Asian tour. Among the ten athletes are Olympic and World medalists Idalis Ortiz (+78 kilograms) and Asley González (90 kg).
The women's team is made up of Dayaris Mestre (48), Aliuska Ojeda (57), Maricet Espinosa (63) and Yalennis Castillo (78), while the men's team also includes Magdiel Estrada (73), Iván Silva (81), José Armenteros (100) and Alex García (+100).
The Asian tour, whose main objective is to score points for the world ranking, will also include South Korea, where another Grand Prix will also be held from November 26-28, and Japan, which will host its traditional Grand Slam from December 6-8.
The best 22 male and 14 female judokas will compete in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016, on the condition that no country can take more than one judoka per division.
Source: PL