The Cuban Olympic champion Greco-Roman fight Luis Orta said goodbye without winning a medal at the World Wrestling Championship held in Belgrade, Serbianafter falling in the quarterfinal phase against a rival that did not advance further in the organization chart, according to official media on the Island.
monarch of Tokyo 2020 in the 60-kilogram division, Orta now competed in the higher category, but at that stage of the tournament he lost to the European runner-up, Taleh Mammadov, according to a note published by the sports portal Hit.
Orta and Conde walk past the World Cup #struggles from Belgrade
The Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020 reached the quarterfinals, the youngster lost in the first round. #Cuba #wrestling https://t.co/whKovjyKZm pic.twitter.com/0Zpt2vyPwR— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) September 11, 2022
The Havanan gladiator dominated the first period with a score of 1-0, but in the following he received three points that were insurmountable in the rest of the fight. Thus, he ended up pending a playoff to which he did not agree in the end, as Mammadov lost in the semifinals against the local Sebastian Nad, adds the report.
Orta had debuted in the classic style competition with a technical superiority victory over the Ukrainian Oleksander Hrushyn and in the round of 16 he beat the Indian Neeraj Neeraj by the same route, the publication specifies.
In the most recent day of the universal contest, Cuba was also represented in the 97-kilogram division through Juan Luis Conde, who did not pass the elimination round.
In his debut, the Cuban clearly lost to Nikoloz Kakhelashvili, representative of Italy and European runner-up in 2020, with a wide score of 8-1.
Remember Hit that cuban delegation It debuted in the contest this Saturday with the incursion of the Grequista Yosvanys Peña, who also did not advance to the dispute for the medals in the 77-kilogram category.
The presentation of Kevin de Armas in the 60-kilogram division of the fight is scheduled for this Monday, which Oscar Pino (130 kg) and Daniel Grégorich (87 kg) could not attend due to having contracted dengue shortly after the start. nor Gabriel Rosillo (97 kg) for recovering from surgery on one of his knees.
The four-time Olympic champion does not compete in this universal competition Mijain Lopezlegend of this sport, who is present in Belgrade only with the aim of observing his main rivals ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, assures the media.
Also scheduled for this Monday is the debut of Cuban Yusneylis Sanz in the women’s division of 55 kilograms.
