PARIS, Aug 2 (ACN) Cubans Idalis Ortiz, in over 78 kilograms (kg), and Andy Granda (+100 kg), suffered costly setbacks today in their second judo bout at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Ortiz, owner of four Olympic medals, with one gold, two silver and one bronze, and flag bearer of the Cuban delegation, along with boxer Julio Cesar La Cruz, could not overcome the challenge of Serbia’s Milica Zabic.
The island’s judo star lost in the eighth finals by a three-shot caution to Zabic, who has now won three of the five duels between the two.
In her debut at the Campo de Marte arena, the Cuban judoka won by Ippon by applying a strangulation technique to Tulika Maan, from India, according to the