Photo taken from Juventud Rebelde
Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- Cuban freestyle gladiator Laura Herin, 53 kilograms (kg), fell this Tuesday in the quarterfinals phase at the World Wrestling Championship held in Belgrade, Serbia, reports ACN.
Herin, winner of the Pan American Championship in Acapulco, Mexico, last May, won two victories by technical superiority (ST) in her first bouts, but in the round of the best eight she lost 5-7 in a close duel with Greece's Maria Prevolaraki.
With this performance, the Cuban wrestler was waiting to access the repechage in search of one of the bronze medals, although for that she needed Prevolaraki to advance to the discussion of the title, which in the end did not happen.
In her debut, Herin defeated Ukrainian Liliia Malanchuk 10-0, and with the same score she defeated Canadian Samantha Leigh, according to the tournament's official website.
Also on Tuesday for the Caribbean nation competed Milaimys Marín (76 kg), gold medalist of the orb in the youth and U23 category, and also winner of the title at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2018.
Photo: Juventud Rebelde
Marín opened with a 5-1 success against South Korea's Seoyeon Jeong, in the qualifying stage, to then yield 0-11 by ST in a match with Ukraine's Anastasiia Osniach, who was eliminated in the quarterfinals with a 5-3 slate by Estonia's Epp Maee.
So far Cuba has not won any medal in this universal competition, and the best performance -together with Herin's today- was registered this Sunday by Luis Orta (63 kg), Olympic champion in Tokyo 2020, who lost 1-3 in the round of eight against Taleh Mammadov, from Azerbaijan, owner of two silver medals and one bronze medal in European events.
Orta, the champion in the 60 kg under five rings, won two ST victories in his first performances, but was unable to advance to the semifinals.
In the case of the women, Yaynelis Sanz (55 kg) made her debut in the round of 16 against Sushma Shokeen, from India, and lost 1-2 in a hard-fought match in the round of 16.
