Iván Silva gets fifth place in the Judo World Cup

Cuban judoka Iván Silva finished in fifth place in the individual tournament of the World Championship in Doha, Qatar, after falling by ippon and in the Golden Rule against the Japanese Sanshiro Murao in the discussion of the medal of bronze.

According to the website of the International Federation www.ijf.org, Silva, in the 90 kilograms (kg) concluded the regulation time with a warning -shido- against him, he received another in the prolongation, like the Japanese, who finally He achieved the projection that guaranteed him victory.

The road to the fight for the laurel was exhausting for the man from Matanzas, since all the lawsuits were decided in the Golden Rule, with victories by ippon against the Frenchman Maxime-Gael Ngayad and the Azerbaijani Muarad Fatiyev, but then he fell in the quarterfinals. and by the same route against the Italian Christiano Parlati, who sent him to the playoffs.

In that phase, the outstanding athlete from Cuba, world runner-up in Baku 2022 and bronze in the Grand Slams in Paris and Tbilisi, both in 2023, also beat Noel Ven Tend, from the Netherlands, by ippon, a victory that guaranteed him to seek the first medal of the largest of the Antilles in the World Cup, but the Japanese Murao prevented it.

Murao is second in the world ranking (RM), the winner of the Grand Slam of Tashkent 2023, the king of the Masters of Jerusalem 2022 and the bronze of the Grand Slam of Tokyo 2022.

Today Idelannis Gómez (70 kg) also had action for Cuba, who lost by ippon against the Slovakian Anka Pogacnik, third in the world ranking.

Previously, the largest of the Antilles had failed attempts with Arnaes Odelín (57 kg), Magdiel Estrada (73 kg) and Maylín del Toro (63 kg), all three in their first presentations.

Silva’s fifth place placed Cuba in 22nd place in the standings, the same as the United Kingdom, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Turkey and Venezuela.

Japan (4-2-4) remains at the top of the medal table, followed by Georgia (2-1-1), France (1-1-2), Canada (1-0-1), Spain (1-0- 0) and Switzerland (1-0-0), the six nations that own the 10 crowns distributed so far.

This Friday the Cuban Liester Cardona (100 kg) will take to the mats against the British Harry Lovell-Kewitt, while on Saturday, the last date of the individual, Andy Granda (+100) and Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg) will debut.

Granda will face the winner of the fight between the Senegalese Mbagnick Ndiaye and the Romanian Mircea Croitoru, and Ortiz will face the Turkish Dilo Kiara.

In the individual tournament, 657 judokas -343 men and 314 women- from 99 participating countries participate in search of points for the world and Olympic rankings for the Paris Games.

The championship distributes points for the RM and the Olympic Games ahead of Paris 2024, and will close this Sunday with the mixed team competition, with the presence of 211 athletes -110 (m) and 101 (f) – from 18 nations, including the from the Netherlands, the first rival of the Cuban team.