TWO FOURTH PLACES FOR CUBA TODAY
Juan E. Batista Cruz
Periodico 26
Aug 12, 2008
Cuba
Beijing-2008
The Tunas, Cuba (August 12, P-26). – Two fourth places in judo and
rising of weights, it was the best result that got the Cuban delegation
in Tuesday’s journey in the Olympic Games of Beijing-2008, the less
productive one until the moment, mainly because it was expected more.
The legendary Driulis Gonzalez could not achieve medal in his fifth
Olympics, in spite of the fact that she carried out an extraordinary
effort in the division of the 63 kilograms of the feminine lid of
judo, before falling for bronze in front of the player of Holland,
Williborde, when it was penalized by passivity, in extra time.
Driulis overcame for chuy to the olympic subchampion Heil,from Austria
and later to Tang Wei of China Taipei by means of wazari advantage,
but it lost for ippon in front of the Japanese Tanimoto.
The experienced of the creole judoca was about to equal the feat of
the Japanese Ryoko Tani that it won the fifth medal in appointments
accomplishes each four years, for what increases the merit of this
fourth place in a tournament to which all that worth and shines of
this millennial martial art in the world, attended.
The other fourth position of Cuba during this fourth day of the Games
of Beijing, got it the rising weight of the 69 kilograms, Yordanis
Borrero who achieved its best historical result with a biatlon of
328 kilos (148 in outburst and 180 in the envion.
Two fifth places achieved the fighters of the classic style: Yagnier
Hernandez, in the division of 55 kilograms, overcome in the dispute
of the bronze, by the Armenian Roman Ameyan and Roberto Monzon,
one of the main Cuban hopes of medal who fell in its case with the
kirguizio Tiomanbaev.
In another result of the representatives of the Island of the Freedom,
Tamara’s couple Larrea and Dalixia Fernandez, suffered her first defeat
in the competition of volleyball of sand in front of the double one
North American, with partial of 15-21 and 16-21.