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  • Submitted by: Luis Manuel Mazorra
  • 04 / 01 / 2012


Between 3 and 6 April will be held in Havana international judo tournaments where Cuban athletes will participate later leave for Montreal, Canada, home of the Pan American Championships.
The tournaments "Golden Judoguis" and "Jose Ramon Rodriguez" announced starting next Wednesday will also, in the presence of fourteen competitors U.S. and seven other representatives of Venezuela and Brazil and Costa Rica.
Cuba entered ten judokas who seek to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games, to be held from July 27 to August 12.
The president of the Cuban Federation of Judo, Rafael Manso, told local media that seven women and three men on the island accumulate points in the world rankings and have a genuine chance of reaching the Olympic tickets.
The results in the Pan American Championships, announced the 26 to 29 April will be crucial because the deadline to score points in the listing expire planet just one day before the Olympics after just continental.
Cuba women's team integrated the Dayaris Mestre, in the 48 kilograms, Yanet Bermoy (52), Yurisleidis Lupetey (57), Yaritza Abel (63), Onix Cortes (70), Yalennis Castillo (78) and Idalis Ortiz (+78 .)
In the men appear Asley Gonzalez (90), Oreidis Despaigne (100) and Oscar Brasion (+100), who could join Ronald Girones (73). Coaches will be Ronaldo Veitia and Justo Noda.
Cubans this year completed a European tour that included participation in five tournaments with a balance of eight golds, five silvers and eleven bronzes.
The best performance was achieved by Yanet Bermoy, at 52 kilograms, five third places.


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