Artemisa, Dec 29 (ACN) The performance of the Olympic champion Idalys Ortizthe outstanding performance of volleyball player Jesus Herrera and the first place in the National Football League stand out among the most relevant moments of the sport in Sagebrush during 2022.
It was not a luxurious year for Idalys Ortiz, but she won a silver medal in the Judo Grand Slam held in Budapest, Hungary, came seventh in the world championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, qualified with gold for the next Central American Games and is located in position 14 of the ranking of the orb.
Jesús Herrera, a tall volleyball player from Las Cañas, a district of the provincial capital, won several titles this year, including the Norceca Final Six Pan American Cup, the Challenger Cup, organized in the Republic of Korea, the Norceca Pan American Championship in Canada and the Italian Super Cup. In addition, on more than one occasion they selected him as the best opposite in those tournaments.
Both Idalys Ortiz, Jesús Herrera and the paratenist Yunier Fernández integrated, due to their results, the list of the best athletes of the year in Cuba, a success to which is added the first place of the Gladiators of Artemisa, for the first time in its history, in the National Football League.
Artemisa touched glory twice with her basketball team, but it was the eleven, whose headquarters were established on the Grandes Alamedas court, in Ceiba del Agua, in Caimito, the one that managed to claim the Cuban crown and therefore, among the The best of 2022 also include the footballers Romario Torres and Yasnay Rivero.
Of course, judo also brought joy to the people of Artemisa, when Omar Cruz became world youth runner-up in Ecuador, added another scepter in the Junior Pan American Cup held in the Dominican Republic and the I Caribbean Games in Guadeloupe, in addition to a bronze at the Pan American Open for seniors, held in Santo Domingo.
Various feats were carried out by the athletes of these lands, such as the stupendous contribution of Cristian Basabe Sierra to the triumph of the largest of the Antilles in the I Baseball World Cup5, or the multiple medals of the beach volleyball player Noslén Díaz, in competitions in the northern area and central american.
Many shone in national teams, some even in foreign leagues. Despite the difficult conditions for training, the limited competitions, matches and matches or the insufficient international training, the desire, tenacity and love of sport have made 2022, even without multiple games, a profitable year for Artemisa.
