Until this Friday, Cuba has classified 140 athletes to the I Pan American Games based in the Colombian city of Cali (southwest), from November 25 to December 5.
The island added three tickets (2 for men and one for women) in the Caribbean road cycling championship, which is held in Santo Domingo, where there are still three days of competition that could bring more places to the island.
Cuban youth athletes had already secured places in race skating (2 m), figure skating (1 m), handball (14-14), karate (1 m), table tennis (2-2), triathlon (2- 2), canoeing (1-1) and sails (1-1), details this Friday the sports portal Jit.
They also won tickets in baseball (22), rhythmic gymnastics (7), boxing (7), diving (4-4), Greco-Roman wrestling (6) and free (6-6), beach volleyball (2-2), lifting weight training (2-2), rowing (2 f), archery (1-1), fencing (3-2), badminton (2-2) and artistic swimming (1-8).
At this time, the island’s athletes will look for their judo tickets in Colombia, while in modern pentathlon they will do so soon in an event in Mexico, as explained by the specialist of the technical-methodological direction of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (Inder), Lázaro Oliva.
Photo: Twitter Press networks Junior Pan American Games.
He indicated that to complete the delegation they hope that athletics and swimming will add other places to the Pan American Games by meeting minimum marks, while those of taekwondo could be determined by ranking and tennis aspires to a wild card.
The Junior Pan American Games were postponed from their original date in 2020 to May of the current year due to the health emergency caused by the covid-19 pandemic and are now scheduled for later this year in Colombia, with contestants aged between 18 and 21 years.
New Zealand defeats Australia and takes the Bledisloe Cup
The New Zealand rugby team won its nineteenth consecutive Bledisloe Cup this Saturday by defeating Australia’s 57-22 in Auckland on the first day of the Rugby Championship.
The match, played at Eden Park, was also the second in a series of three against Australia that brought the Bledisloe Cup into play. On 7 August New Zealand also won (33-25) in the first match of the Cup.
The All Blacks scored eight trials this Saturday and reached their highest result at home against the Wallabies. The last time New Zealand lost to Australia at Eden Park was 45 years ago.
The score remained relatively even during the first half, but the Australians, very combative in the first period, paid for their effort in the second half, in which the New Zealanders scored five attempts.
The All Blacks penetrated the yellow defensive net with great ease and controlled, in turn, their timid attacks during the second half.
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57 – New Zealand: McKenzie; Jordan, R John, Havili, Reece; Mo’unga, Smith; Bower, Taylor, Laulala, Retallick, Whitelock, A John, Papalii, Savea. Also playing Taukei’aho, Tu’inukuafe, Ta’avao, S Barrett, Jacobson, Perenara, B Barrett and J Barrett.
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