The male judo team of Cuba is giving the last touches to their training to participate in the Grand Slam of Tokyo, Japan from December 4 to 6, said Uvelino Moreno, Cuban judo team doctor Monday.
The male judo team of Cuba is giving the last touches to their training to participate in the Grand Slam of Tokyo, Japan from December 4 to 6, said Uvelino Moreno, Cuban judo team doctor Monday.
After they competed in the Grand Prix Tournaments of Quindao (China) and Jeju (South Korea) the Cuban team joined other judokas, such as Yandry Torres (60 kilograms) and Carlos Tondike (66) to train at the Japanese University of Ryutzu Keizai, Moreno told reporters Monday.
Justo Noda, head coach of the Cuban team, arrived in Japan last Sunday, together with Magdiel Estrada (73), Ivan Silva (81), Asley Gonzalez (90), Jose Armenteros (100) and Alex Gracia (+100) to complete the list of the team for competition, and train with the rest.
Up to now, Gonzalez and Armenteros are the only medalists of the Cuban team in its Asian tour, since they won silver medals in Quindao and Jeju, respectively.
Meanwhile, Silva and Garcia finished fifth after discussing the bronze medal in the Chinese and South Korean dating, in that order.
Same happened with Gonzalez in the second tournament to end in seventh place.
The Asian tour will close with the Grand Slam Tokyo, one of the tournaments that give points for the world ranking and has 22 places among men and 14 among females in the face of the South American summer event 2016.
The women team of Cuba, which also participates in the Asian tour continues with his training in South Korea to participate in the Japanese competition and under the direction of coaches Armando Padron, head coach, and Ronaldo Veitia.
The team presents Maricet Espinosa (63 kilos) who won the bronze medal in Qingdao, where Idalis Ortiz (+78) finished in fifth place after the seventh reached in China also cites Dayaris Mestre (48) ranked fifth step.
The selection is completed by Aliuska Ojeda (57) and Yalennis Castillo (78), and physiotherapist Joaquin Ferrer.
Source: PL