The cuban judoka Kaliema Antomarchi (70 kg) could not get past her first appearance in the World Championship of the discipline based in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, and with it the selection of the Island continues without being able to climb to the podium.
The organizational chart reserved a break for the Cuban in the first round, but in the next round she faced the German Alina Boehm, ranked eighth in the world ranking, who defeated her by ippon after 2:42 minutes of combat, in accordance with the sports site Hit.
The bronze medalist in the Budapest 2017 edition and one of the most experienced figures in the Cuban cast, was not dragged to the playoff phase and thus the largest of the Antilles remains without winning its first medal in this universal event. .
Antomarchi does not advance in the World Cup #judo
He fell in his first fight against the German Alina Boehm. #Cuba https://t.co/K7zjeiWMrg pic.twitter.com/83UDsib7d6— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) October 11, 2022
In the women’s section, the chances of a podium now depend on the multi-champion Idalys Ortizwho will appear in the +78 kilogram division on the final day of the contest, scheduled for this Wednesday.
On the same date, Andy Granda and the promising Omar Cruz will also enter into action, both in the +100 kilogram division, but with greater possibilities for the former given their experience in first-level fights, he specifies. Hit.
The media reports that the 70-kilogram women’s fight was won by the Brazilian Mayra Aguiar, a result that propelled the South American nation to second place in the classification, now with a harvest of two titles and a bronze metal.
Uzbekistan climbed to third place with its second gold medal, won by Muzaffarbek Turoboyev in the 100-kilogram category, in which no Cuban judoca appeared.
Until now, the best performance of an exponent of the Island is the fifth place achieved by Iván Silva in the 90 kg division, since the rest of the Cubans have yielded in their first or second presentation and have not been able to be included among the eight best of their respective categories.
Fifth place for Iván Silva, the best so far for Cuba in the Judo World Cup
The classification by countries of the present world fair remains led by Japan, which exhibits five scepters among the ten medals it has won so far, which makes it a virtual champion in the absence of only one closing date.
Meanwhile, the Cuban representative fell to 27th place in that ranking that groups the 82 participating nations.
A year ago, in the edition of this contest held in Budapest, Hungary, the Cuban delegation said goodbye without obtaining medals for the first time in more than 30 years. The silver won by Idalys at the 2019 Tokyo World Cup appears as the most recent medal for judo on the Island in these events.
