The award was granted of unanimous form in a voting in the local subsidiary of the Circle of Sports Journalists.

La Cruz defeated in the last meeting of the contest for 3-0 (50-45/50-45/50-45) Mikhail Dauhaliavets, from the Baku Fires, of Azerbaijan, when the adversaries had advantage of 5-4 victories and the Cuban needed the equalizer to continue in competition.

In the tiebreak duel Arisnoidys Despaigne (Santiago de Cuba), of 69 kilos, defeated Yauheni Ramashkevich, which closed 6-5 the crown yielded by the island in the final of the championship, celebrated in Azerbaijan.

The above-mentioned journalistic survey awarded, also, recognitions to Yasniel Toledo (boxing), Oscar Braison (judo) Yordan O'Farrill (athletics) Luis Daniel Torres (chess) and Rose Mary Almanza (athletics).

Translated by BA in English Language, Manuel Barrera Téllez

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