Sports News Roundup August 25

Edited by Ivan Martínez
2015-08-25 14:11:13

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Cuba's Denia Caballero offered the first discus title to her country in the history of World Cup by winning in Beijing -2015, beating her  rival, Croatian Sandra Perkovic.

Denia Caballero, a recent Pan American Games champion, won with a throw of 69.28 meters, achieved in her first attempt, and stood before Perkovic, which in the last attempt took silver with 67.39 meters and German Nadine Muller 65,53
"I am very pleased and excited.  Winning the gold medal at the Pan American Games did not give me the confidence to win here but it was a good preparation for a competition like the World Cup," said the Cuban athlete after winning the gold.  She wrapped herself in a Cuban flag at the end of the competition at the Olympic stadium in Beijing. 
With the gold of Denia Caballero, Cuba obtained its first world title in discus and the Caribbean island broke six years without global gold since Yargelis Savigne, now retired, was crowned in the triple jump in Berlin 2009.
The day could be historic for Cuba, due to Yaimé Perez, who was third, and overcome by the Croatian Perkovic in the last attempt, so the Cuban finished fourth ( 65.46 ).

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Cuban runners Roberto Mena and Reynier Skyers are qualified for the semifinals of the 200 meters race at the World Athletics Championships held in the Chinese capital, Beijing until Sunday, August 30th.
The first to ensure the ticket was Mena, with a time of 20.37 seconds to finish third in his heat behind the Turkish Ramil Guliyev ( 20.01 ) and Japanese Kenji Fujimitsu ( 20.28 ).
In another qualifying heat, Skyers, champion at the Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011, ended in second place with a time of 20.29 seconds , surpassed only by Jamaican Usain Bolt ( 20.28 ) , Olympic champion and world.
These results place the two Cubans on the track in the next round of competitions, when they seek the final of the 200 meter race.

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The two-time Olympic silver medalist , Yanet Bermoy , and rookie Carlos Tondike , were eliminated in their first matches Tuesday at the judo world championchips of Astana, Kazakhstan .
Bermoy , world champion in 2005 , lost in her debut against North Korean Sim Song , while newcomer Tondike , also fell in his first fight against Trunk An from South Korea .
In the third day of the competition, Cuba presents Aliuska Ojeda in the 57 kg and the Pan-American champion Toronto, Magdiel Estrada 73 kg


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