The Cuban Milaymis Marín conquered this Friday her first crown in the pan american championships of struggles, by winning the 76 kilogram division of the edition of the contest that is held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
His unprecedented triumph was the most outstanding performance of the island fighters in the day, in which four other representatives, obtained bronze medals, according to the report from the sports portal Jit.
#Struggle ? | Gold?and four bronzes?for the women of #Cuba ?? at the Pan American Championship ???
? Milaimys Marín (76 kg)
?Yusneylis Guzmán (50 kg)
?Laura Herín (53 kg)
?Angela de la Caridad Álvarez (57 kg)
?Hangelen Llanes (68 kg)#WrestleBuenosAires pic.twitter.com/jjHER1GEFM– SportCubano (@CubanoDeporte) May 6, 2023
Milaymis, Olympic youth queen in that same city five years ago, began her work with technical superiority over the Dominican Emelyn Anyelina Bautista (10-0), but then faced a greater challenge against the Ecuadorian Génesis Rosangela Reasco, whom she defeated with adjusted score of 2-1.
The publication points out that to hang the gold medal, the two-time world champion (youth and under-23) “gave another blow of authority” by beating the Colombian star Tatiana Rentería 7-0.
Milaymis had finished fifth in the 2020 fair and eighth in the 2022 fair.
Jit specifies that the Cuban bronze medalists were Yusneylis Guzmán (50 kg), Laura Herin (53 kg), Ángela Álvarez (57 kg) and Hangelen Llanes (68 kg).
Guzmán achieved consecutive victories against the Mexican Mariana Díaz (8-2) and the Venezuelan Mariana Rojas (7-0), but in the semifinals she could not face the powerful American Sarah Ann Hildebrandt, who beat her by technical superiority 10-0. To get on the podium, she beat Brazilian Thalía Oliveira by punching.
Herin defeated the Chilean Antonia Alejandra Valdés and the Colombian María Camila Ramírez with identical 10-0 scores, before losing for silver against the Ecuadorian Lucía Yamileth Yepez, with a score of 5-2.
The note points out that the bronze metal was captured with technical superiority over the Peruvian Thalía Jihann Mallqui (11-0).
Ángela had a very close competition, because in the qualifying round she beat the Aztec Susana Lozano 2-1; In the quarterfinals she made the feat of defeating the American Helen Louise Maroulis 7-5, but in the semifinals she was surpassed by the Ecuadorian Luisa Elizabeth Valverde by hitting.
Cuba wins two titles at the opening of the Pan American Wrestling Championship
Less complex was her ascent to the lowest step of the podium, materialized with a 13-0 win over Puerto Rican Nes Marie Rodríguez 13-0.
On the way to her award, Hangelen defeated the outstanding Canadian Olivia Grace Di Bacco (8-4) in preliminaries, lost in the quarterfinals to the powerful American Forrest Ann Molinari (11-0) and for bronze submitted the Venezuelan Soleymi Antonieta Caraballo (8-3).
The only representative of the island who said goodbye without medals on the date was María Fernanda Santana (62 kg), as she beat Karoline Stephanie Ortiz in the initial round and lost in the quarterfinals to the Brazilian Lais Nune, who did not drag her to the bronze discussion. However, she adds the note, she obtained the ticket for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games, the only one that her cast was missing.
Before these performances, the Cuban exponents of the classic style captured crowns through Luis Orta (67 kg), Oscar Pino (130 kg) and Daniel Grégorich (87 kg). They also added the silver medal for Yosvanys Peña (77 kg) and the bronze medal for Kevin de Armas (60 kg). The only member of the cast who did not reach the podium was Yurisandy Hernández (97 kg).
