The cuban sporty Maylin Del Toro (63 kg). Photo: Cuban News Agency.

Cuban Maylin Del Toro (63 kg) won the silver medal today in the 2019 IJF Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, in United Arab Emirates.

Del Toro, who currently appears ninth in the IJF world ranking, only lost in the final to Slovenian Tina Trstenjak (3), according to the official website of the tournament.

The Caribbean judoka had an excellent day with previous wins over Tajikistan´s Shohida Qalandarova and Spanish Isabel Puche (53), to then beat Italian Maria Centracchio (30) in quarterfinals and finally she defeated Mexican Prisca Awiti (34) in semifinals.

The bronze medals went Brazilian Ketleyn Quadros (17) and Chinese Junxia Yang (16).
After this outcome, Del Toro added 700 points for the universal list, so she must ascend from ninth to fifth seat in the next update, which would be magnificent for the qualification to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The other Cuban judoka competing today, Onix Cortes (70 kg), didn´t do it well as she beat Cameroon´s Ayuk Otay Arrey in the debut but then fell to British Sally Conway, third in the world ranking.