Cuba, along with 34 other nations and five judokas, participated in the IBSA Grand Prix of judo for athletes with visual disabilities that took place during two days at the Heydar Aliyev Sports Palace in Baku, capital of Aerbaijan.
In the qualifying tournament for the XVI Summer Paralympic Games "Tokyo 2020", participated the Cuban athletes: Yordani Fernandez Sastre, Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillí, Gerardo Rodríguez Reyes, Sergio Arturo Pérez Hechavarria and José Manuel Romero Martínez, who together with more than 215 athletes they fought with determination in the tatamis of Baku.
For Yordani Fernández, valued as the best of the Cuban team, this Grand Prix has allowed him and the other team members to raise their preparation in a region with excellent judokas.
The team's head of the island in the tournament, Senén Ramos Benítez, said that the participation of many countries in all international competitions and the passage of conventional athletes to compete as disabled have made this discipline one of the most complicated to achieve Olympic classification.
Ramos Benítez highlighted the high technical level of the event and considered the presence of Cuba very important.
The IBSA Judo Grand Prix for athletes with visual disabilities was attended by Latin American athletes from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Cuba.
Members of the Cuban diplomatic mission attended the event and shared with the delegation of the island.