HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 30 (ACN) Congratulations champion. Cuba admires and loves you, wrote today the Cuban president, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, after the Olympic triumph of Cuban judoka Idalys Ortiz.
In the message on Twitter, the Cuban leader assured Ortiz that she is an inspiration for the new successes of the Cuban Olympic delegation.
This Friday, Cuban judoka Idalys Ortiz faced Japan’s Akira Sone, during the final of that sport at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.
After a fight that lasted almost nine minutes, the Cuban was triumphant and won her fourth Olympic medal, a feat that matches Driulis Gonzalez, the island’s multi medalist in the sport.
Many saw this medal as impossible, but not me. I sacrificed myself and in just two and a half months I got ready to be here, so I am satisfied, said the judoka.