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Cuban Judoka Wins Gold Medal in Junior World Judo Championships
HAVANA, Cuba, Nov
7 (acn) Cuban Jose Armenteros won the gold medal in the men’s
100-kilo category of the Junior World Judo Championships that
concluded on Sunday in Cape Town, South Africa, with the
participation of 521 judokas from 65 countries.
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According to the website of the
event, Armenteros beat Italian Domenico Di
Guida in the final bout after consecutive victories against
Portuguese Jorge Fonseca, Egyptian Mohamed Abdelrahman, Japanese
Takumi Asanuma, and
South Korean Younghun Kim.
With this result, the Caribbean nation placed fourth in the
contest, won by Japan, whose representatives walked away with 12
crowns out of 16 up for grabs. The Japanese (12-0-1) were
followed by Russia (2-4-3), Austria (1-0-1) and Cuba (1-0-0).
Cuba was represented in the competition by only two judokas:
Armenteros and Mayelin Zayas, who lost in her fist bout in
women’s 70 kilograms. They attended the event invited by the
International Judo Federation.
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