Cuba Takes First Two Golds as Medal Count Reaches Five
By: Caribbean Journal Staff - August 3rd, 2012
Above: London (Photos: London 2012)
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Cuba has upped its medal count to five with the addition of its first two gold medals of the London Olympic Games.
Cuba’s Leuris Pupo took home gold in the Men’s 25m Rapid Fire Pistol competition, while Cuba’s Idalys Ortiz won gold in the women’s 78kg judo competition.
Leuris Pupo
The latter represented the third judo medal for Cuba in the Games, following silvers by Cuba’s Asley Gonzalez and Yanet Bermoy Acosta.
Idalys Ortiz
Cuba’s Ivan Rodriguez Cambar took home bronze in the Men’s 77kg weightlifting competition.
