Cuba achieved a solid performance of three titles out of a possible four, and a silver medal, in the first stop of the World Series of beach wrestling, held in Monterrey, Mexico.
This event was the historic debut of the Island in this dynamic modality, in which it presented a quartet of the eight gladiators who had participated in the Pan American Wrestling Championship 2025 held in the same Mexican city.
In the final, Yaynelis Sanz (60 kg), gold medalist in the Junior Pan American Games of Cali-Valley 2021, defeated Argentina’s Adrianny Castillo 3-0, similar to the score of her previous four victories.
Havana’s Olympic bronze medalist Milaimis Marín (+70 kg), who beat Linda Machuca from Guanajuato, 3-0, also won gold.
Geannis Garzon Jr. from Santiago (80 kg) also climbed to the top of the podium, beating Georgian Nika Kontadchadze 3-1.
World champion Oscar Pino (HAB, +90 kg), who lost 0-3 in the final against Georgian Mamuka Kordzaia, will return with silver.
The final score of the four Cubans in this first stop of the World Series was 18 wins and only one loss, with 53 points scored and six against.
It is worth highlighting the performance of Yaynelis Sanz, who in one month has won the qualifying tournament for the Junior Pan American Games of Asuncion 2025 as well as the competitions held in Monterrey: the Pan American Championship for seniors and this beach event.
