London 2012: Cuba’s Yanet Bermoy Acosta brings Caribbean its first medal of the games

A jubilant Yanet Bermoy Acosta (r) celebrates after defeating Ilse Heylen (in blue) of Belgium in their women’s semi-final judo match at the London 2012 Olympic Games. PHOTO/Toru Hanai/Reuters

Yanet Bermoy Acosta of Cuba, won a silver medal in the women’s under-52kgs judo final.

Acosta’s silver medal is the Caribbean region’s first London 2012 Olympic medal.

Acosta, is coached by Ronaldo Veitia and is one of 110 Cuban athletes at the Games.

She was defeated in the gold medal match by North Korean 32-year-old Kum Ae An.