HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 7 (acn) Cuba won a silver medal in the final day of the Lima Judo Open, in Peru, through Onix Cortés, who totaled three wins and one loss, the latter in the final against Colombian Yuri Albear.
Cortes defeated Peruvian Karla Delgado, Belgian Roxane Taeymans and Moira De Villiers, from New Zealand, in all cases by Ippon and in that order, but in the fight for the title she lost by the same way to Albear, world champion in 2013 and 2014.
It was a hard-fought bout, because Cortes was ahead through a Wazari when she was surprised with an Ippon technique by the South American athlete.
On Saturday, Cuba also reached one gold and a bronze medal through Maricet Espinosa (70 kilos) and Magdiel Estrada (73), who were coached by Ismael Borbona and José Ibañez, respectively.
With these results, the Caribbean island finished fourth in the standings, which was topped by Russia (3-3-2), Brazil (2-2-3) and Spain (2-1-3).
The Peruvian event was attended by 249 judokas -146 men and 103 women from 49 nations.
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