HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 13 (acn) Cuba with three titles and the United States with four topped the standings yesterday of the Cerro Pelado -Granma International Wrestling Tournament which takes place at Havana until next Saturday.
The Cuban wrestlers Alexander Casals (66 kg), Gilberto Piquet (85) and Oscar Pino (130) dominated their respective divisions in the Greco-Roman style to the delight of fans gathered in the Sports City Coliseum.
Casals surprised everybody when defeating in the final 2-1 Miguel Martínez, monarch of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico, last November.
Piquet, meanwhile, said the good defense and stamina were essential to beat Pablo Shorey, an athlete who has under his belt a silver medal at World Championships.
Also on Thursday, Pino won 2-0 over a more experienced opponent as Yasmani Acosta, who repeated the performance of last year .
In Greco-Roman style only one gold medal escaped to the hosts won by Andy Biseck (75) – universal contests bronze medalist, who defeated by forfeit Yurisandi Hernandez in the final fight.
Among the women, three US competitors climbed to the top of the podium in freestyle; those were the cases of Victoria Anthony (48), Helen Maroulis (55) and Elena Pirozhkova (69).
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