Cuban athletes to Abu Dhabi for Junior World Judo Championship

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 20 (acn) Cubans Barbaro Sotomayor, Melissa Hurtado, Yurisleidis Hernandez and Adelaidis Lemus will depart today to the UAE, to compete from next 23 to 27 in Abu Dhabi, in the Junior World Judo Championship.

Sotomayor, in the 81 kilograms, Hurtado (48), Hernandez (52) and Lemus (57) will be accompanied by Driulis Gonzalez, coach of the women's team, and Dr. Uvelino Moreno.
Cuba will also participate with Yandry Torres (60) and Ivan Silva (81), who meet until tomorrow a training base in the city of Craon, France.
Torres and Silva, bronze and silver medalists of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, will join their teammates along with Justo Noda, head of the coaching staff of the men's national squad, and trainer Julio Alderete.
Sotomayor won the silver medal in the men's senior national championship after losing in the final with Silva, while Hurtado, Hernandez and Lemus are bronze medalists in the women's Cuban tournament.
On the participation of women , Armando Padron, new head coach of women's national team, told ACN that Hurtado replaced Vanessa Godinez ( 44), who is recovering from an injury.