Cuban judoka wins Ippon trophy

 Cuban judoka wins Ippon trophy²

HAVANA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Cuban judo¹ star Maricet Espinosa won the Ippon trophy at the 2012 World Team Judo Championships held over the weekend in northeastern Brazil's city of Salvador de Bahia, local media reported Monday.

The trophy is awarded by the International Judo Federation³ to the best competitor at the championships.

According to Cuban coach Ronaldo Veitia, Espinosa, competing in the 63-kilo class, won the "ippon," or the maximum score a fighter can get in the Japanese martial⁴ art, four times last Saturday.

Thanks to Espinosa's excellent performance, said the coach, Cuba's women's team was able to take third place, after defeating Algeria and Turkey 5-0 and 4-1 respectively, in the preliminary rounds, then losing 1-0 to Japan in the semifinal match, and finally beating Russia 3-2 for the bronze medal.

Cuba's team played 20 matches in all, winning 13, including 10 by ippon, and losing seven, said Veitia.

In addition to Espinosa, the women's team includes 52-kilo Yanet Bermoy with three wins and one loss, 57-kilo Aliuska Lopez (2-2), 70-kilo Onix Cortes (2-2) and, in the over 70-kilo category, Idalis Ortiz (1-1) and Kaliema Antomachin (0-2).

Japan won the women's championship, followed by silver medal winner China, and Brazil, which tied Cuba for the bronze.

1 judo   

n.柔道

参考例句：

• The judo is a kind of fighting sport.柔道是一种对抗性体育活动。
• Which is more important in judo, strength or techniques?柔道运动中，力量和技术哪个更重要？

2 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

3 federation   

n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会

参考例句：

• It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
• Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。

4 martial   

adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的

参考例句：

• The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。
• The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。