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Members of Cuba’s Female Judo Team Will Compete in Tokyo

Havana, November 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Judo stars idalis Ortiz and Maria Celia Laborde will compete at Tokyo’s Grand Slam this coming weekend, a Cuban sports spokesman confirmed.

Ortiz, Olympic Champion in London 2012  and in the World Championshp of Rio de Janeiro this year will compete in the more that 78 kilogrammes division.

She has just played at the Brazilian Grand Prix with the Minas Gerais team, that got the titte.

Laborde, meanwhile, will meet her adversaries in the 48 kilogrammes division. She has rendered an outstanding performance in Rio de Janeiro, where she won fifth place as a player for a local Brazilian team.

Edited by Juan Leandro
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