Palma was the scene this Wednesday of the presentation of the objectives of the Spanish team for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, which will be held between August 24 and September 5. The day on which the list of the five Balearic athletes shortlisted for the event was also released and who still have until mid-July to qualify. Among them, the Minorcan footballer Miguel Ángel Sánchez.
On behalf of the shortlisted athletes from our community, Alejandro Sánchez (triathlon) and Joan Munar (athletics) participated. The canoeist Adrián Castaño and the cyclist Joan Reinoso also took part in this press conference. The only absence was precisely that of the Menorcan ‘Miki’ Sánchez.
Álex Sánchez and Adrián Castaño already have their ticket insured; Joan Reynoso, Joan Munar and Miguel Ángel Sánchez from Menorca will still have to wait to tie their participation.
Goal: reach 125 athletes
At the moment, Spain has guaranteed 92 qualification places for the Games, 88 for athletes with disabilities plus four for support athletes, divided into ten modalities: basketball (24), swimming (24), athletics (18), soccer-5 (10), table tennis (6), cycling (2), canoeing (5), rowing (1), taekwondo (1) and shooting (1). In addition, you still have options to expand the quota in some of these modalities, as well as to participate in seven other sports: badminton, wheelchair fencing, weightlifting, judo, wheelchair tennis, archery and triathlon. The objective, to classify about 125 athletes, 115 with disabilities plus about ten supporters.
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