Yordanis Arencibia: “We have had many interruptions in training” (+ Audio)
2022-01-10 21:51:34 / [email protected] / Guillermo Rodríguez Hidalgo Gato
Havana Cuba.- The women’s Judo team hopes to resume as soon as possible the preparation to assume the international commitments of this year, where the ranking for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games will begin.
The Yordanis Arencibia students will have as fundamental events the Pan American Championship, qualifying for the Santiago de Chile 2023 Games and the World Championship. “The strategy we have outlined is to focus on preparation, we want to create a training base where we can assist both with the majors and with the youth.”
From the very preparation for the Tokyo Games, the Cuban judokas had many affectations and after the Japanese event they have practically not been able to train. “We have had several setbacks with COVID-19, illnesses, the vacation period, that is why we are a little behind in preparation. The first thing is to resume training and from there we see what events we can attend ”.
The Head of the Women’s Judo Coaches Collective stated that they will not go out to compete without first preparing well. “The first thing is that our main athletes carry out some preparation base and then we will try to join the largest number of events to look for the points in the Olympic classification.”
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Arencibia told Radio Rebelde that the star Idalis Ortiz requested a year off, something that will be associated with the Olympic champion herself. “She has not trained for about six months, she has also had some family situations that she has gradually overcome. She asked us for a year of rest, we will assess with her with great intelligence what is the most advisable. The goal with Idalis is the Paris Games and we are sure that he will achieve it ”.
Idalis Ortiz, who has not competed for more than five months, arrived in Tokyo dominating the ranking at +78 Kg and now appears in 12th place, 3740 units away from the leader Romane Dicko of France.
Meanwhile, the other two best located in our country are Kaliema Antomarchi (78 Kg) 13th place, dominated by the French Madeleine Malonga. While in the 63 kilos Maylin del Toro is at 16, in this division also leads a representative from France, in this case Clarisse Agbegnenou.
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