Cuba has not renounced the goal set at the beginning of the Olympic cycle to be included among the top 20 countries in the medal table in Tokyo. Although it seems difficult, athletes and technical groups are committed to fulfilling that purpose and are preparing for it.
This was reported on Tuesday by José Antonio Miranda, Inder’s High Performance director, in the Round Table program on Cuban television, who also confirmed that our country currently has 56 athletes classified in eleven sports. In the next few days, this figure should grow when the rankings of the disciplines that grant tickets in this way close, in addition to other quotas delivered by the international federations, he added.
According to his statements, athletics could add five athletes; the weights about four, from which there are 16 countries sanctioned for doping in weightlifting; judo between six and eight, in addition to beach volleyball and swimming, which could provide two places, one in each sex from the principle of universality of the International Swimming Federation.
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In Tokyo, the manager confirmed, 339 tests will be held, 33 more than in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and Cuba plans to compete between 78 and 85, so it needs to be very efficient to achieve the delegation’s objective. .
The focus should not be on the size of the athletic embassy, less than 75 athletes, which aims to be the third smallest in Cuba after the triumph of the Revolution, but on the need for it to be efficient, he commented.
In the same radio and television space, Inder Vice President Ariel Saínz explained that Cuba’s preparation has been a great challenge not only because of the pandemic, but also because of the impact of the US government’s blockade, which has limited the scope of the sports movement’s management Cuban.
He alluded to the need to design strategies and methodological variants to overcome difficulties, especially in sports whose classification is by ranking and have needed to accumulate skills to score points.
Despite the great complexities, a great motivation prevails in the preselection to represent the Cuban people, Saínz emphasized.
It was also reported that the delegation’s logistical conditions have been guaranteed and that a careful sanitary protocol applied during the previous stage has been designed, to comply with during the games and also for when the delegation has returned to the country.
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