Team GB Judo athlete, Chris Sherrington, warms up for Glasgow 2014 with Silver in Havana
Chris Sherrington took silver in the +100kg class at the recent Havana Grand Prix.
The Scottish-based judoka beat Arlendy Morales of Cuba and the Georgian judoka pair of Adam Okashvili and Levani Matiashvili with ippons to reach the final.
Sherrington was denied gold by Russia's Renat Saidov who won with a waza-ari.
The Havana Grand Prix is the first international judo competition that counts towards qualification for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Also in the medals was Ashley McKenzie who grabbed a bronze with a win over Juan Perez in the repechage.
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