Cuban Idalis Ortiz, Olympic and world champion in 78 kilograms (kg), won the silver medal in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after losing the final to Japanese Akira Sone.

Although the sadness of leaving their countries for different reasons is not easy to forget, the Olympic Games in Tokyo opened its arms to 29 refugees who will compete in 12 sports, conveying a message of solidarity and hope.

Cuban 78 kilogram (kg) judoka Kaliema Antomarchi lost her match in the discussion of the Olympic bronze against German Anna-Maria Wagner at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Cuban heavyweight Dainier Pero won 5-0 against Colombian Cristian Salcedo, and obtained Cuba's fifth victory in a row in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games to be held in this city until July 8.

The Cuban 800 m runner Rose Mary Almanza and the high jumper Luis Enrique Zayas will be the first Cubans to debut in athletics at the Olympic Games.

Three-time world champion Lazaro Alvarez, as well as Pan American champion Laina Perez, will be Cuba's competitors today in the Olympic tournament in Tokyo, Japan.

 In what was considered a tight fight against Chinese Hongyi Sun, Cuba’s two-time world champ Rafael Alba conquered the first Olympic Bronze medal for the island at Tokyo 2020.

Shortly after dawn in Cuba today will be the opening ceremony of the 32nd Games of the modern Olympics in Tokyo, the first of its kind postponed due to the pandemic of COVID-19.

Although the seven Cubans who will participate in the boxing tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will fight for medals, it is true that the main cards of victory will be the captain and cruiser Julio Cesar La Cruz and the light welterweight Andy Cruz.

I assumed this debut as personal and of all Cuba with a lot of responsibility and commitment. I did my regatta, it was not the best, but I still want to grow tomorrow and wait for the results to happen, said rower Milena Venega Friday after finishing in fourth place in her elimination heat in the single sculls.

Those who come to Tokyo, walk down its streets or spend some time watching one of the myriad TV channels of the hotel where a group of Cuban press members are staying, will have to say that the Japanese capital does not seem to be enjoying its Olympic Games.

With a strong sense of responsibility, rower Milena Venegas will be the first Cuban athlete to see action in the 2020 Olympic Games on the July 23 qualifiers for women's single scull (1x), to be held at the Sea Forest Waterway in Tokyo Bay.

Cuban discus thrower Yaime Perez, already on Japan, is thrilled to have been chosen as one of the two Cuban standard-bearers, and the first Cuban female athlete ever, for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games.

Cuban shooter Eglys de la Cruz, third place in Beijing 2008, is ready to try out the electronic targets on July 24 at the Asaka Field in her fifth Olympic Games.

The 138th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) closed today with a historic choice: that of Brisbane for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Ludia Montero wants to make history at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, just as she did in 2019 at the World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand, where she became the first Cuban female weightlifter to ever win a medal.