Havana, July 27 (RHC)-- The Cuban delegation present at the Tokyo Olympic Games celebrated the bronze medal won by taekwondoka Rafael Alba and the congratulatory message sent by First Secretary of the Party and President of the Republic Miguel Díaz-Canel.... More
Tokyo, July 27 (RHC)-- Cuban boxer, Olympic champion and four-time world champion, Julio Cesar la Cruz scored a victory on Tuesday at the start of the boxing day of Tokyo 2020.... More
Tokyo, July 27 (RHC)-- Cuban Olympic champion Roniel Iglesias defeated Japan's Sewon Okazawa on Tuesday, by a 3-2 split vote, in what turned out to be a complicated fight.... More
Tokyo, July 27 (RHC)-- Cuban boxers Roniel Iglesias and Julio Cesar La Cruz stamped today the word triumph in the opening chapter of the stories they intend to write in the Olympic Games organized in the Japanese capital. The welterweight Iglesias, winner in London 2012 and bronze medalist in Beijing 2008, was able to recover from an uncertain start to win a 3-2 verdict over the host Quincy Mensah Okazawa, who raised the hopes of his team in the opening round.... More
Tokyo, July 27 (RHC)-- "Committed to the Revolution of which it is the fruit, INDER joins the celebrations for the 68th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes barracks," said its president, Osvaldo Vento Montiller, from Tokyo.... More
Havana, July 26 (RHC) A little more than a minute and a half lasted today the bout in which Cuban Magdiel Estrada was eliminated from the Olympic Games judo tournament, held at the sanctuary of martial arts in this country: the Nippon Budokan.... More
Tokyo, July 26 (RHC)-- Cuban swimming said goodbye today to the Games of the XXXII Olympiad with the eighth places of Elisbet Gámez and Luis Vega in their respective heats of the 200 meters freestyle and butterfly, respectively. It was not in the plans to advance to the semifinals, especially given the tremendous level of the competition, but some window had been left open to try to improve personal times.... More
Tokyo, July 26 (RHC)-- Cuban boxer Roniel Iglesias sends a message to the people of Cuba, in which he declares that he will give his best in these Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.... More
Tokyo, July 26 (RHC)-- Cuban men's wrestling team coach Julio Mendieta offers his impressions on the athletes' physical preparation ahead of Tokyo 2020.... More
Tokyo, July 26 (RHC)-- Cuban Taekwondo Federation president Ivan Fernandez gives us details about Rafael Alba's preparation ahead of the Olympic competition.... More
Tokyo, July 25 (RHC)-- The history of Cuba's artistic gymnastics in Tokyo 2020 began and came to an end on the same day, after two discreet performances in the vault horse of its only representative, Marcia Videaux.... More
Tokyo, July 24 (RHC)-- Weightlifter Ludia Montero led Cuba's performance on Saturday at the XXXII Olympic Games in Tokyo, taking sixth place in the 49 kg division, for the best performance by a woman from the island in that sport in Olympic history.... More
Tokyo, July 23 (RHC)-- As the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics kicked off in Tokyo on friday in a mostly empty stadium, COVID-19 cases linked to the games rose to 110. ... More
Tokyo, July 23 (RHC)-- The Cuban delegation to the Olympics in Japan has not been infected with COVID-19, a disease that has become the main protagonist of the Olympic Games, despite the strict controls carried out in the Village to detect positive cases of Sars Cov-2.... More
