Cubans participate in Pan Am Olympic Qualifying Taekwondo tournament

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 10 (acn) Cuban Jose Angel Cobas, in the division of 80 kilograms, and Rafael Alba (+80) were seeded in the quarterfinal round of the Pan American Olympic Qualifying Taekwondo tournament, which hosts the Mexican city of Aguascalientes.

Cobas, monarch of the Pan American Games of Toronto, Canada, in 2015, will face the winner of the bout between Salvadoran Leo Ruano and Honduran Miguel Ferrara , reflects the specialized website mastkd.com.
The way to semifinals seems feasible for the Cuban athlete, but once there he will surely face one of his main historical rivals , American Stevens Lopez, in what should be a hard-fought battle in search of advancing to the final and thus achieving one of the two tickets to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Meanwhile, Alba does not seem to have difficulty in advancing to the title dispute, since the first step will be against the winner of the match between T rinitarian Edson Breddy and US Virgin Islands´ Douglas Townsend.
His toughest rival on the road to the final could be Venezuelan Carlos Rivas, whom he should not be trusted despite having bee n world champion in Puebla 2013 ( Mexico) and bronze medalist at the same level in Chelyabinsk 2015 (Russia).
The Cuban women will debut tomorrow through Yamisel Nunez (67) and Glehnis Hernandez (+67), who both are favorites to get their tickets to the Olympics.