Tokyo.- There will definitely be 69 athletes to register for Cuba in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that begin on July 23.
The Japanese nation continues to be shaken by loss of human life and material damage caused by landslides in the city of Atami.
José Antonio Miranda, Inder’s high-performance general director, explained to JIT that the number of competitors was fixed after the Caribbean island did not receive any of the last places assigned by the International Weight Federation (IWF, for its acronym in English). ).
“Once notified in this regard, it becomes official that we will be represented by 36 men and 33 women in 15 sports, and we will intervene in 64 events,” said Miranda, who arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday as part of the advance of the Cuban delegation.
He explained that although it will be the registration, rescheduled for Saturday, the one that authenticates the payroll, the distribution of quotas has athletics (18), wrestling (12), boxing (7) and judo (6) as avant-garde.
The others, as already mentioned, are in the power of boating (5), shooting (5), weightlifting (4), table tennis (2), beach volleyball (2), swimming (2), modern pants. (2), taekwondo (1), artistic gymnastics (1), cycling (1) and rowing (1).
Miranda also reported that there are six sports involved in preparation bases abroad (athletics, canoeing, cycling, wrestling (myf), modern pentathlon and swimming, as part of a required strategy of not a few readjustments due to the covid- 19.
“Meeting the demands of the training and the necessary protocols to avoid the pandemic has been complex, but we have been able to take the necessary steps at all times and the entire arrival plan has already been designed, including those that will take place from other countries,” he emphasized.
He argued that even with a numerically reduced payroll compared to those presented in the latest editions of these appointments, Cuba has the necessary figures to make the purpose of appearing among the top 20 in the medal table by nations a reality.
“We have always stated that the key will lie in the response of the athletes identified as those with the greatest weight with the commitment to defend,” recalled the specialist, adding, on behalf of his delegation, to the sentiment expressed by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in relation to the events of Atami.
“Heartfelt condolences to the Japanese people and government for the regrettable loss of human life and material damage caused by landslides in the city of #Atami, which we extend to the victims’ relatives and friends,” he wrote on his Twitter account .
