HAVANA, Cuba.- The Cuban national women’s judo team -with four crowns, a silver, and a bronze medal- won the Open Tournament of Arlon, held over the weekend in that Belgian city with the participation of 249 representatives from 19 countries.

The titles were for Yurisleidis Lupetey (57 kg), Onix Cortes (70 kg), Yalennis Castillo (78 kg) and Idalis Ortiz (+78 kg). Meanwhile, the silver was for Dayaris Mestre (48 kg) and the bronze, for Yanet Bermoy (52 kg).

The other Cuban competitor, Yaritza Abel (63 kg), placed ninth.

In all, the Cuban judokas held 41 bouts and won 38 —29 of them by Ippon (similar to K.O. in boxing).

The Cuban team is on a European tour trying to add points to their world ranking classification, which grants direct tickets to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

On February 4-5 they will attend the Grand Slam of Paris and later they will participate in the World Cup (Feb. 11-12) of Budapest, Hungary; the Grand Prix (Feb. 18-19) of Düsseldorf in Germany; and the World Cup (Feb. 25-26) of Warsaw, Poland.