The cuban judoka Iván Silva finished in fifth place in the 90 kg division of the World Championship which is being held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in what has so far been classified as the best performance by a representative of the Island in the contest.
In his first match, the world runner-up in Baku 2018 eliminated Serbian Nemanja Majdov by waza ari in rule of thumb, and then surpassed the Czech David Klammert, whom he scored waza ari in 1:16 minutes and ippon at 3:11, in accordance with the sports site Hit.
However, in his third presentation Silva barely had time to face the Georgian Lasha Bekauri, who surprised him with a projection just 18 seconds into the fight.
However, Bekauri, winner of one of the bronze medals, dragged the judoka from Matanzas to the playoff phase, in which he surpassed the Bulgarian Ivaylo Ivanov by default, but was later unable to beat the also Georgian Luka Maisuradze in the fight to climb to the podium
Fifth place for Silva in the World Cup #Judo from Tashkent
He fell into the golden rule during the dispute for the bronze medal. #Cuba https://t.co/uKoS7LWfPD pic.twitter.com/J0JXKv1LQq— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) October 10, 2022
aim Hit that the division was won by local Davlat Bobonov, who defeated Italian Christian Parlati in the final.
At last year’s universal event in Budapest, Hungary, Silva had had a early goodbyebecause after defeating by ippon the Ukrainian Quedjau Nhabali in his first fight, was surpassed by the Kazakh Islam Bozbayev.
Today there were also actions in the 70-kilogram division for women, in which there was no Cuban presence, and whose scepter corresponded to the Croatian Bárbara Matic.
Until now, the judokas of Japan lead the contest with five titles to their account, in addition to three silver medals and two bronze medals. They are followed in order by the representatives of Mongolia, Croatia, Georgia, Brazil and Uzbekistan, countries that have at least one gold medal.
The representation of Cuba currently occupies the 25th place among 82 nations, when Kaliema Antomarchi (78 kg) and Idalys Ortiz (+78 kg), among the others, and Andy Granda (+100 kg) and Omar Cruz ( +100 kg), among men.
Last year, the Island went without medals for the first time in a World Championship since 1986. Then the Cuban delegation anchored in the 28th position by countries, with the fifth place of the star Ortiz —later silver in the Tokyo Olympic Games— as the best result. Now in Tashkent the aspiration of the Cubans is to improve that poor performance, something they have not yet been able to achieve.
