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Cuba Wins Gold Medal at Taekwondo World Championship |
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Monday, May 27, 2019
Havana.- Rafael Alba, from Cuba, won the gold medal in the +87-kilogram division at the Taekwondo World Championship in the United Kingdom.
Alba, who was the world champion in Puebla-2013, won five combats to get the title.
That way, he beat Jonathan Healy, from the United States, by 14-9 points; Croatia's Vedran Golec by superiority of 20 points, and Korea's Kyo-Don Ly by 16-9.
In the semifinals, Alba beat Brazil's Maicon Siqueira (bronze) 17-13, and won the gold medal against Mexico's Carlos Sansores (9-5).
With that gold, Cuba finished seventh in the table of medals among the men and eighth in the general classification, in addition to being the best-placed country in the Americas.
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