SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Oct 31 (ACN) Cuban judo will seek today to increase its medal tally in the mixed team tournament of the 19th Pan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023, after finishing on Monday in second place in the individual medal tally by countries.
The Cuban men's and women's teams finished second with five gold and one bronze medals, three fifth places -they had bronze medals- and two seventh places, behind Brazil (7-2-6).
The Caribbean champions were Maylin del Toro, in the 63 kilograms (kg), Idelannis Gomez (70 kg), Ivan Silva (90 kg), Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg) and Andy Granda (+100 kg), respectively, while Orlando Polanco (66 kg) completed the booty with the bronze medal.
In the mixed team event, they will compete in the 57, 70 and +70 kg for women, and 73, 90 and +90 kg for men, and Cuba appears in pool C with Mexico, their first rival.
The disciples of Yordanis Arencibia and Julio Alderete will once again have their main opponents in the Brazilians, and many specialists expect a final between them.
The truth is that all the teams will go out to compete with full teams except Cuba, since it has no representative in the 57 kg and in every match will go out with a loss against them, although Arencibia, Alderete and their pupils are counting on a good performance.
Cuban judo seeks to increase medals in mixed competition at Pan American Games
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