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Havana, Sep 17 (Prensa Latina) .- Judo received three quotas in the men’s sector and Cuba amounted to 163 athletes classified towards the First Youth Pan American Games in Cali-Valle 2021.
In the absence of confirmations in athletics, tennis and other places in judo, the largest of the Antilles already has a secure participation in 25 sports, of the 28 summoned for the continental fair.
Seven young people with experience in the great Tokyo 2020 Olympic event lead the national delegation, among which stand out the promises of canoeing, Yarisleidis Cirilo and Katherin Bueno, finalists under the five rings in the C 2 at 500 meters and José Ramón Pelier, ninth place in C 1 a thousand meters.
At a press conference, José Antonio Miranda, head of High Performance of the Cuban Institute of Sports, assured that in the midst of the current epidemiological context, the objective of the Caribbean collective is to evaluate future athletes with a view to the editions of Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 1928 .
Miranda reported that 344 athletes make up the Cuban preselection that will have between eight and nine weeks of enlistment before debuting in the founding edition of the Youth Pan American Games on November 25.
According to the specialist, Cuba could form a delegation between 190 and 200 athletes heading to Cali-Valle 2021 whose main incentive will be to grant the champions the ticket to the Pan American Games in Santiago de Chile in 2023.
Participant in the meeting of heads of Missions last month, Miranda communicated that all those attending the fight over 18 years of age must be vaccinated and in accordance with sanitary protocols the teams will arrive on Colombian soil three days before the event and will leave the day diguiente to conclude your competition.
He valued the state of the sports facilities as positive and the authorization to allow at least 50 percent of the fans in their venues.
The Cali-Valle Pan American Games will see action until next December 5 and according to preliminary numbers will bring together more than three thousand athletes representing 42 countries.
